These cookies are very moist and will make your house smell wonderful. Easy to put together and filled with the goodness of pumpkins.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 to 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup pumpkin, steamed, drained, and mashed
- 2-1/2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Method
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Grease cookie sheets. Cream sugar and shortening, beat in eggs and vanilla, and stir in pumpkin. Sift dry ingredients and stir into pumpkin mixture. Add raisins and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes.
