All Cookie Recipes

INGREDIENTS:

1 c. butter, softened
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. canned pumpkin
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla, mixing well. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda, salt and allspice. Add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in raisins and nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto greased baking sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

ICING:

1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
2 tbsp. water

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle icing over cooled cookies. Allow icing to harden. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 7 dozen.

INGREDIENTS:

COOKIES:

1 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 c. pumpkin
1 egg
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt

FROSTING:

1 tbsp. vanilla
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 stick butter
8 oz. cream cheese

DIRECTIONS:

Cream shortening, sugar, and pumpkin. Add egg and mix well. Add sifted dry ingredients. Drop from spoon onto cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Beat frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies after they have cooled.

Makes 48 cookies.

INGREDIENTS;

2 1/4 c. flour
1 c. quick oats
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 (12 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips
1 c. raisins
1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. pumpkin
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. salad dressing

DIRECTIONS:

Bake cookies at 375 degrees for 15 or 20 minutes.

Make glaze with milk and powdered sugar and trim top of cookies after they cool. 48 cookies.