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Grandma's Pumpkin Cookies for Mabon

If you love pumpkin and want to make a delicious batch of kitchen witch cookies, try these out!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

  1. Cream the shortening and sugar.
  2. Add pumpkin, eggs, vanilla. Mix.
  3. Sift dry ingredients together, then add to the creamed mixture.
  4. Drop by tablespoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes (13 minutes is best in my gas oven, FYI)
For the Frosting
  1. In a double boiler, melt the margarine and brown sugar.
  2. Cook until it starts to bubble around the edges.
  3. Remove from heat.
  4. Gradually add more sugar to thicken.
  5. Add the milk and vanilla.
  6. If the icing becomes too thick, add hot water 2-3 tsp at a time.