Pumpkin Cookies

I love fall. It is my favorite season. I love the colours that the leaves turn, I love the cool air, I love Halloween, but I think most of all I love that it is pumpkin season.

Every year I get a few pumpkins and roast them, make my own pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies. pumpkin lattes and toasted pumpkin seeds. I make sure that by the time pumpkin season is over my family is good and sick of pumpkin.

I made pumpkin cookies. I love them. They are a cakey cookie and super yummy.

2 cups shortening 

2 cups white sugar

2 cups pumpkin puree

2 eggs 

2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

4 cups flour

6 tbsp butter

8 tbsp milk

2 cups icing sugar

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup packed brown sugar

 Cream together first 3 ingredients. Add eggs, mix well. Sift together baking soda, cinnamon, salt and flour. Add into pumpkin mixture, mix well. 

 Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes.

Cook butter, milk and brown sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Let cool. Add icing sugar and vanilla. Spread icing over warm cookies. Makes about 5 dozen.