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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

A cookie made with pumpkin puree, chocolate chips, nuts, and spices.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

Oven375 °F (191 °C)
Time10–12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 375 °F (191 °C).

Make the dough

  1. In a large bowl, combine and wet ingredients.

  2. Sift flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda, and cloves together in a separate bowl.

  3. Blend dry into wet ingredients.

  4. Mix in nuts, granola, and chocolate chips.

Bake

  1. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.

  2. Bake for 10–12 minutes, then cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1062Calories
27 gProtein
35 gFat
158 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pumpkinnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Pumpkin + pecanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pumpkin puree
Adds moisture and body, keeping the cookies soft and tender.
Plain flour
Provides the structure that holds the cookies together as they bake.
Superfine sugar
Sweetens the dough and helps the cookies brown and set.
Vegetable oil
Adds fat for richness and a moist, tender crumb.
Bicarbonate of soda
Reacts with the acidic pumpkin to help the cookies rise and spread.
Eggs
Bind the dough and add structure and richness.

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, pumpkin, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, pumpkin, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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