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Nutty Pumpkin Cookies

• 1/2 C butter or shortening

• 1 C granulated sugar

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 C pumpkin puree

• 2 C all-purpose flour, sifted

• 4 tsp. baking powder

• 1 tsp. salt

• 2 tsp. cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

• 1/4 tsp. ginger

• 1 C raisins

• 1 C nuts, chopped (peanuts, pecans or walnuts)

• Nonstick cooking spray

In a large bowl, cream butter or shortening. Add sugar gradually, mixing well after each addition. Cream until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs and pumpkin puree; mix well. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.  Add dry ingredients to bowl of moist ingredients; mix until well blended. Stir in raisins and chopped nuts. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls on a cookie sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 350-degrees F for about fifteen minutes or until cookies are golden in color on the edges and well set in the center. Recipe makes about four dozen cookies.

 

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• Pumpkin Cookies

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• Graveyard Grub (intro)

• Food Fare: The Pumpkin Patch

• Food Fare Culinary Collection: Halloween Cuisine

• Larkin Community Cookbook

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