Servings
18-24 Cookies
Ready In:
1 Hours
Prep Time:
25 Minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 cup Shortening
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2-3 Eggs
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 ¼ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ Tb Ginger
- 1 ½ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ Tb Allspice
- 1 cup Pumpkin or can
- 1 cup chopped walnuts nuts (optional)
Orange Frosting:
- 3 cups Confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup Margarine
- 1 Tb Orange peel
Directions
Step 1
Pre heat oven to 400
Step 2
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, spices.
Step 2
Cream shortening and sugar, then add eggs and beat. Blend in pumpkin, then flour, then nuts. Add dry ingredients and combine to a smooth texture.
Step 4
Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet or lined with parchement paper.
Step 4
Bake for 10–12 minutes. (Might use lower temp, say about 375º)
For the Frosting
Cream all frosting ingredients and frost cookies once they have cooled.