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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies 2
Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip cookies–the EASY version:
1 Spice Cake Mix
1 Regular Can Pumpkin (not the spiced kind, just plain ol’ pumpkin)
1 bag chocolate chips
Mix. Drop on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 about 10 minutes, or until they start getting a bit golden on top.
These are pretty dense. If you want them more fluffy/cakelike, add the eggs the cake mix calls for.
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Oh, and you know that extra pie crust dough that you cut off from around your pie, and then feel guilty throwing away? Here’s a great (quick! easy! resourceful!) way to make good use of it.
Break into bite sized pieces…
Brush with milk (or egg whites)…
Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon…
Place on cookie sheet…
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes (or so. Keep an eye on it, since your altitude/oven/dough might be different than mine).
Yum.
Voila! Some simple ways to make use of your leftovers, and yummy enough that you might just be able to keep little (and BIG) fingers out of the stuffing until dinner!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Spice Cake Mix
- 1 Can Pumpkin (not the spiced kind, just plain ol' pumpkin)
- 1 bag chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix.
- Drop on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 about 10 minutes, or until they start getting a bit golden on top.
- These are pretty dense.
- If you want them more fluffy/cakelike, add the eggs the cake mix calls for.
The Bald Kid’s Friend…
In Remembrance
Bishop Dolegiewicz
A man I met only once, and that was from afar. I watched as he laughed, joked, taught, and mentored my youngest brother and realized that he was giving Rhen the gift of seeing his own potential. “Bish” (the name he went by) coached my brother in shot put, and Rhen loved learning from him. He was a world class athlete, competed in the ’76, ’80, and ’84 Olympic Games, and was also the “World’s Strongest Man.” He taught Rhen about throwing with better form, being strong, and about the trajectory his shot put would take. Sadly, he won’t witness Rhen’s trajectory as he moves ahead with his training, but I know that he had a profound influence for good. If that’s all someone could say about me when I passed on, it would be more than enough. Onward and upward, Bish, to that place where you won’t be in pain. We’ll be thinking about you.
~April~
(1953-2008)