Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Place dry ingredients into a bowl
Combine pumpkin with vanilla and date syrup
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine well.
Add chocolate chips and pecans if using. May need to mix the very thick mixture with your hands to get everything mixed in together.
Let stand for 10 min while you prep the cookie sheets, either with parchment paper or put down Silpat sheet
Dispense with scoop and flatten. These cookies don't spread. Be sure chocolate chips get into each cookie.
Bake until edges of the cookies are turning brown, and the center is firm. In my oven it took about 20 min. Makes about 2 dozen cookes.
Cool on racks. They freeze well.