Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup walnuts (coarsely chopped)
• 1 cup raisins
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 8 teaspoons milk
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 cream the shortening and sugar in standup mixer.
• 3 add pumpkin and egg.
• 4 stir slightly to incorporate.
• 5 combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• 6 mix this into the creamed mixture.
• 7 gently stir in the butterscotch morsels, walnuts and raisins.
• 8 spoon the cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 bake 10-12 minutes.
• 10 for the frosting, combine butter, milk and brown sugar in a saucepan and cook until sugar is dissolved.
• 11 let cool.
• 12 then stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
• 13 let cool a bit (don't let it get hard!), then frost cookies.