Pumpkin cookies

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       Title: Pumpkin Cookies
  Categories: Cookies, Holiday
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
     1/2 c  Shortening
   1 1/4 c  Brown sugar
       1 c  Pumpkin puree
       2    Eggs
       2 c  All-purpose flour
       2 ts Baking powder
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/2 ts Ginger
       1 ts Cinnamon
       1 ts Nutmeg
       1 c  Raisins
     1/2 c  Chopped nuts
  
   Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
   In a second bowl, cream the shortening and work in the
   brown sugar and eggs. Mix well.
   Stir in the pureed pumpkin.  Add the nuts and raisins.
   Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, mixing well.
   Drop spoonfuls of the batter on an ungreased cookie
   sheet.  Bake at 375F for 10 to 15 minutes.  Source:
   Greatest Moments in Cooking.ch
  
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