Pumpkin Cookies III recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup raisins
½ cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

119.5 calories
carbohydrate: 13.6 g
cholesterol: 5.2 mg
fat: 7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 1.3 g
saturatedFat: 1.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 131.9 mg
sugar: 7.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

  2. In a large bowl, cream together sugar, egg, shortening, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, stir into the creamed mixture. Stir in the pumpkin, raisins, and walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

  3. Bake 10-15 minutes in the preheated oven.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

This recipe was given to me by a very sweet friend of mine who is 86 years old. My children (6 of them) love this cookie. Frost with a powdered sugar and milk frosting when cool.

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