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      Title: PUMPKIN COOKIES
 Categories: Cookies, Vegetables, Holiday
      Yield: 7 servings
 
      2 c  Shortening
      2 c  Sugar
      1 cn (16 ounce) pumpkin
      2    Eggs
      2 ts Vanilla
      4 c  All-purpose flour
      2 ts Baking powder
      2 ts Ground cinnamon
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Ground nutmeg
    1/2 ts Ground allspice
      2 c  Raisins
      1 c  Chopped nuts
      1 ts Salt
 
  Cream shortening and sugar. Add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat
  well. Stir together flour, next 5 ingredients, and 1 teaspoon salt.
  Add to batter; mix well. Stir in raisins and nuts. Drop rounded
  teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350
  degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack. If desired, frost with
  vanilla frosting. Makes 7 dozen cookies.
  
  Recipe From: Better Homes and Gardens Homemade Cookies Cookbook
  Copyright 1975 by Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa
 
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