Recipe: Great Pumpkin Cookies

Great Pumpkin Cookies
Source: Libby
Makes 32 large cookies.

4 cups flour
2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups margarine -- softened
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
16 ounces solid pack pumpkin
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Assorted icings or peanut butter.
Assorted candies, raisins and/or nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.

Cream butter. Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Mix well.

Alternately add dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips.

For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Spread into pumpkin shape using a thin spatula. Add a bit more dough to form stem.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Decorate using icing or peanut butter to affix assorted candies, raisins and nuts.

Variation: Substitute 1 cup of raisins for chocolate chips.