Pumpkin Cookies from Scratch (Aunt Kathy Baum)
Ingredients:
1 Cup Shortening
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Pumpkin – cooked and smashed (or canned)
1 egg
1/2 cup nuts (walnuts preferred)
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
(if doubling recipe, add 1 teaspoon baking powder)
Cream shortening, sugar, and pumpkin for 2 minutes.
Add egg and vanilla to cream mixture (beat on medium for 1 minute)
In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (cinnamon, salt, baking soda, flour)
Add dry ingredients to cream, mix well
slowly add nuts
Cook on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 12 minutes
