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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 c. shortening
1 1/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. pumpkin
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
4 tsp. baking powder

Frosting:
2 c. powdered sugar
2 T softened butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 T orange juice concentrate
Directions:
Directions:
Cream together, shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and pumpkin, mix well. Mix in flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking powder. Drop onto your baking sheet and bake at 375º for 10 minutes. To make the frosting:
Mix together powdered sugar, softened butter, vanilla and orange juice. If its to thick add more juice, if its to thin add more powdered sugar. You can make these big or small. Just adjust baking time accordingly.

 

 

 

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