Recipe: Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups cooked pumpkin, mashed
2 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 375 F.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Stir in vanilla and pumpkin.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add slowly to butter mixture. Mix until thoroughly combined.
Fold in raisins and chopped pecans.

Butter cookie sheets. Using a teaspoon, drop dough in rounded spoonsful on cookie sheets. Leave space for cookies to expand.

Bake in preheated 375F oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. When browned, remove to wire racks to cool.

Yield: About 4 dozen cookies.