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Brown Sugared Pumpkin Cookies

Here's how you make Brown Sugared Pumpkin Cookies
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  • Servings: 30
  • Prep: 19m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 30 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup walnuts,chopped
  • Icing:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 4 tablespoon milk
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375 °F

  • Step 2: Cream together the sugar and shortening.(they probably used lard)

  • Step 3: Add the egg, pumpkin puree and vanilla and beat well.

  • Step 4: Set aside.

  • Step 5: Sift and mix dry ingredients together and add to the sugar mixture.

  • Step 6: Add raisins and nuts

  • Step 7: Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

  • Step 8: Leave enough space between the cookies so that they don’t stick together. The mixture will make as many as 30 cookies, depending on their size.

  • Step 9: Icing:

  • Step 10: Combine brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan.

  • Step 11: Boil for 2 minutes.

  • Step 12: Let cool.

  • Step 13: Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.

  • Step 14: Dip cookie tops in the icing.

  • Step 15: If the icing is too thick, thin it with a small amount of milk to loosen the consistency.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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