Grammie's Pumpkin Cookies

With Halloween postponed in our neighborhod, the girls and I decided to make pumpkin cookies.  They are an old family favorite.  My mom would always make them, and now I've been making them for years.  The recipe is very easy, and the result is incredible. I use as many organic ingredients as I can find for nearly organic cookies.   If you don't know how to bake down a pie pumpkin to use in the recipe, see my post on Pie Pumpkins for help.  Halloween might be over, but these cookies still taste great in November!

 

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup shortning
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.  Mix the first three ingredients.  Mix other ingredients in separate bowl.  Mix into liquids.  Drop teaspoons of dough onto un-greased cookie sheet.  Bake until light brown (8-10 minutes).  Immediately remove from cookie sheet and cool.

Light Brown Glaze

1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-2 Tablespoons milk

Heat butter in saucepan until light brown.  Stir in sugar and vanilla.  Stir in milk until smooth. 

 

 

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