Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are fantastic (I've made them many times) and they would be a nice addition to any Thanksgiving feast.

1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup milk chocolate chips (not semisweet)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray.

Using a mixer, beat butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then mix in vanilla and pumpkin. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter. Stir in the chips. Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Let cookies cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer them to cool completely on a wire rack. (Makes about 30 cookies.)

You can find the original recipe on foodnetwork.com.