pumpkin cookies

Categories: Cake/cookie
Yield: 84 cookies

Measure	Ingredient
2 cups	C&H Golden Brown Sugar
2 cups	Cooked or canned pumpkin
1 cup	Salad oil
2 teaspoons	Vanilla
4 cups	Sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons	Soda
2 teaspoons	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	Salt
1 teaspoon	Cinnamon
1 teaspoon	Nutmeg
½ teaspoon	Ginger
2 cups	Raisins
1 cup	Chopped nuts

In a mixing bowl beat together sugar, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients; add and stir until smooth. Blend in raisins and nuts. Drop by teaspoonful on lightly oiled baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen. No eggs needed in these moist, soft cookies.

Reprinted with permission from _Brown Sugar Recipe Bonanza_ From the C and H Sugar Kitchen Electronic format by Karen Mintzias