Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is how I feel about life right now:

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All I want to do is jump in a pile of leaves. Right now.

What is it about autumn that everyone loves? My walk home from school every night is a path of multi-colored and delightfully crunchy leaves. I just want to rake them all up and jump in!

Last week, my school was on fall break (another reason to love the season!), so my friend and I got together and watched Anne of Green Gables. Of course this has always been my favorite transition scene: 

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Another reason to love fall? (As if I needed one!)

Pumpkin! 

My first pumpkin experiment of the season:

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

(Inspired by 2 ingredient cookies)

Yield: 1 dozen

1 cup oats 

1 cup pumpkin 

1/4 cup date paste (see here)

1/3 cup dark chocolate chips 

2-3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spices (or just cinnamon for a simpler taste)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix pumpkin, oats, and date paste.

Fresh date paste works best. If it’s been in the fridge it might be too hard to mix well.

Add chocolate chips.

Add spices. 

Grease cookie sheet and place cookies on it. 

Bake 20 minutes. 

Let cool. 

EAT!

Enjoy :)

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