Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
2 cups pumpkin
2 eggs
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice*
12 oz chocolate chips

Cream butter & sugar, beat in eggs, vanilla & pumpkin. Sift together dry ingredients and mix in. Dough will be thick & very sticky. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.

*If you don't have pumpkin pie spice, substitute:

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

3/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg