Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe stands up well to improvisation. I was first inspired by a recipe made by a high school friend, but I have adjusted it numerous times, depending on the occasion and how I was feeling each time I set out to make them. For a 2004 article in the San Jose Mercury News, I revised the recipe to include white chocolate chips and oats. Another time, in a fit of delirium, I accidentally made the recipe with buckwheat flour instead of whole-wheat flour, which ended up adding a plea