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- Source: Cooking Section, November 2001
- Dish Type: Baked Goods
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Pumpkin Cookies
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the first four ingredients in a bowl and mix until smooth. Mix in the raisins and the nuts. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and spices. Blend together.
Drop rounded teaspoons of the mixture onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until slightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen
Ingredients
- One-half cup shortening
- One and one-half cups sugar
- 1 egg
- One and one-third cups mashed pumpkin, cooked (or a 15-ounce can pumpkin puree)
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped nuts, either English walnuts or pecans (not too fine)
- Two and one-fourth cups sifted flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- One-fourth teaspoon ground nutmeg
- One-fourth teaspoon ground cloves
- One-half teaspoon ground ginger
- One-half teaspoon ground cinnamon
- About one-half teaspoon salt, or a little more to taste
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