Pumpkin Head

Since it is officially Fall I am making every single pumpkin incorporating recipe I can get my hands on! (Similarly, on the day after Thanksgiving I will start playing every single Christmas CD known to man.) I love this season and all the little delights we are blessed to enjoy. So here's another recipe I've come to love. In its original form it calls for chocolate chips, which would be equally delicious. But I'm partial to butterscotch.

Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies
(now that's a mouthful. pardon the pun.)
Preheat oven: 350 degrees F
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups butterscotch chips

1~In medium sized bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
2~In mixing bowl blend together the pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. Dissolve baking soda in milk. Add baking soda/milk and vanilla to wet ingredients. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Add butterscotch chips.
3~Drop on greased cookie sheet by small spoonfuls. Bake @ 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
4~Just try not to eat them all in one day!

In other news...

Our Sweeites are just being their adorable selves. We are pressing onward in this crazy homeschool venture. Understandably, it consumes most of my time and mind. Li'l Bit enjoys her lessons (for the most part), and Gizmo and The Little Rascal love to have their "lessons" too. With all of the self-doubting I deal with, my heart is encouraged when my crazy-active four and two year olds ask if they can do lessons too. B.daddy is doing quite well. He is working his tail off, as usual, and is excelling in his position, as usual. This week he gets to work in the city, which is a nice break from the norm. But he has to wear a suit everyday, and he's gone from 6:20 a.m. to 7 p.m. There's always a trade off. But this is a great week for it because.....
We're gearing up for Company!! I am very excited to report that tomorrow evening I will be picking up my Nana and Grandpa from the airport! I'm so happy to have them in our part of the country for a spell. Then at the end of October we will be graced by a visit from the Long Lost Hunts! Then Thanksgiving week---Aunnie and her sweet girl will be with us all week! And I've heard rumors that my blessed mother will be visiting in December. Then some dear friends of ours are getting married right before Christmas which will bring into town even more dear friends! So, needless to say, I am very excited about all the lovin' we'll enjoy in the next three months. And I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with myself from January to May. Those long, cold, dark months. Oh, how to battle the depression and boredom of cabin fever and Vitamin D deficiency! Oh yeah, just move to Florida for the Winter with every other New Englander over the age of fifty. :)