Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice*
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not the whole can!)
1 pkg. semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Line a 9x13 pan with foil. Whisk together dry ingredients (flour, spice, soda, salt). Cream butter and sugar until smooth on med.-high speed. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin. (It will look curdled) Reduce to low and add dry ingredients. Fold in chocolate chips. Bake 35-40 minutes.

*can substitute spice with 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 3/4 tsp. ginger, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, 1/2 tsp. cloves and1/2 tsp. allspice (I must confess here, I usually substitute but don't have giner or allspice and Laura and Linz have never noticed! :)
Super easy and always a crowd pleaser!