Maine Pumpkin Cookies With Frosting
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Course : Cookies
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           Cup  granulated sugar
     1/2           Cup  firmly packed brown sugar
     1/2           Cup  shortening
  2                     eggs
  1                Cup  canned or cooked and strained pumpkin
  1 1/2           Cups  sifted flour
  1               Tsp.  baking powder
     1/2          Tsp.  baking soda
  1               Tsp.  vanilla
  1                Cup  candied fruit
     1/2           Cup  chopped nuts
                        Frosting:
     1/4           Cup  light brown sugar
  1               Tsp.  vanilla
  1                Cup  confectioners sugar
     1/4           Cup  butter or margarine (1/2 stick)
 

Preparation:

Cream sugars and shortening together. Add eggs, beat well. Add pumpkin, then sifted dry ingredients. Mix well. Add vanilla, candied fruit and nuts. Drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 -12 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool, then frost. MAKES 3 dozen medium size cookies Frosting: Mix margarine or butter and brown sugar in saucepan. Cook over Iow heat for about 10 minutes. Add confectioners sugar and vanilla. Mix well and spread on cookies. (If frosting is too thick, add a bit of cream or milk before spreading.) Pumpkins grow faster when fed with milk or sugar water through a slit in their stalks. Some double their size in only a few days.

 

Nutritional Information:

3360 Calories (kcal); 153g Total Fat; (40% calories from fat); 41g Protein; 468g Carbohydrate; 374mg Cholesterol; 1418mg Sodium