Grandma's Pumpkin Cookies for Mabon
If you love pumpkin and want to make a delicious batch of kitchen witch cookies, try these out!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups shortening
- 16 oz pumpkin can
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 2 cups raisins OPTIONAL
- 1 cup nuts chopped, OPTIONAL
Frosting
- 3 tbsp margarine
- 4 tsp milk
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Cream the shortening and sugar.
- Add pumpkin, eggs, vanilla. Mix.
- Sift dry ingredients together, then add to the creamed mixture.
- Drop by tablespoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes (13 minutes is best in my gas oven, FYI)
For the Frosting
- In a double boiler, melt the margarine and brown sugar.
- Cook until it starts to bubble around the edges.
- Remove from heat.
- Gradually add more sugar to thicken.
- Add the milk and vanilla.
- If the icing becomes too thick, add hot water 2-3 tsp at a time.