With Thanksgiving coming up next week, I wanted to share one of my kids favorite cookie recipes that was handed down from their great grandmother. Two weeks ago when they saw the cans of pumpkin at the grocery store in the holiday display, they began to beg me to make them. Each batch makes about 13 dozen cookies and we have made them twice in two weeks (that’s over 300 cookies)! Right now, I think there may be about 4 cookies left! I pack them in their lunches as a treat and they’ve allowed their friends to sample them. Apparently they are a hit at school because today my daughter came home with 5 different email addresses from her friends asking her to please send them the recipe.
Pumpkin Cookies
Mix…
1 can of pumpkin (big can)
1 1/2 cups shortening (crisco)
3 cups sugar
2 eggs
Add in
3 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp clover
Then add
7 cups flour
2 cups walnuts (optional)
1 bag of chocolate chips (12 oz)
1 cup raisins (optional)
bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 min
makes abt 13 dozen cookies
I usually leave out the raisins and nuts when I make them for my kids but they taste good either way…ENJOY!
