dani's pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

1 stick softened butter
1 cup applesauce
beat til smooth

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
add to above and beat til light and fluffy

2 large eggs
beat in one at a time

1 tsp vanilla
1 can pumpkin puree
add to above as well

dry ingredients:
3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
add a third of above to wet ingredients, mix in. add another third and mix, then the last third.

stir in:
12 oz of dark chocolate chips

drop by heaping tablespoons onto a cookie sheet sprayed w/ nonstick spray. bake 15-20 minutes or until cookies are brown around the edges. let rest on sheet for 2 minutes before removing w/ spatula.