PUMPKIN COOKIES

PUMPKIN COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Vegetables, Holiday
Yield: 7 servings

2 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
1 cn (16 ounce) pumpkin
2 Eggs
2 ts Vanilla
4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
2 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground allspice
2 c Raisins
1 c Chopped nuts
1 ts Salt

Cream shortening and sugar. Add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat
well. Stir together flour, next 5 ingredients, and 1 teaspoon salt.
Add to batter; mix well. Stir in raisins and nuts. Drop rounded
teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350
degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack. If desired, frost with
vanilla frosting. Makes 7 dozen cookies.

Recipe From: Better Homes and Gardens Homemade Cookies Cookbook
Copyright 1975 by Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa