Pumpkin Cookies

dessert

Pumpkin Cookies — front of the card
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Pumpkin Cookies — back of the card
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20 min active · 35 min total (times estimated)

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • ⅓ cup margarine (oleo)
  • 1¼ teaspoons salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • ¼ teaspoon each of ginger, nutmeg, and allspice
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon orange extract
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 1 cup raisins

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 400°.
  2. Cream together the margarine and brown sugar until combined.
  3. Beat in the eggs, pumpkin, and orange extract.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice.
  5. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a dough forms.
  6. Fold in the pecans and raisins.
  7. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased baking sheets.
  8. Bake at 400° for 12–15 minutes, until set and lightly golden.