Gramma's Pumpkin Cookies
Source of Recipe
Gram Ma
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 1/3 cups mashed pumpkin
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
4 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. powdered cloves
1 tsp. powdered ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup raisins or chopped nuts
Recipe
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream well together. Add egg and pumpkin and beat well. Sift flour with next 5 ingredients, then add to first mixture. Beat well. Fold in raisins. Drop batter by tbsps. 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake in gas oven of 375°. for 15 minutes.
YIELD: 4 Dozen