pumpkin cookies
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Fall is in the air and the pumpkins are out in full force...this is a frosted cookie my mom used make when I was a teenager, so it has been around for a LONNNGGGG time..lol. I added raisins and finely chopped walnuts to her recipe.
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yield
2 to 3 dozen
prep time
10 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For pumpkin cookies
- COOKIES
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1 csugar
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2 cflour
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1 cshortening
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 lgegg
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 cpumpkin, canned or cooked
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1 tspcinnamon
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1 tspvanilla
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 ceach...raisins and finely chopped walnuts
- FROSTING
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2 Tbspmargarine
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3 Tbspbrown sugar
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3 Tbspmilk
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1 1/4 cpowdered sugar, more may be needed
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1 tspvanilla
How To Make pumpkin cookies
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1Cream together sugar, shortening, egg, pumpkin , and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the raisins and walnuts.
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2Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for ten to twelve minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
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3Combine the margarine, milk, and brown sugar in a saucepan and cook until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and gradually add the powdered sugar. Beat until creamy, Adding more powdered sugar if it is too thin. Add vanilla and spread on cooled cookies.
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