Pumpkin Raisin Cookies

This delicious pumpkin raisin cookie recipe uses up leftover pumpkin and fills your kitchen with an amazing smell that will remind you of fall.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 688 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin puree
• 2 tablespoons warm water
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 2.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, cream shortening and sugar until smooth. Add egg and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Stir in pumpkin. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon; stir into pumpkin mixture. Finally, stir in raisins and walnuts.

Step 3

Drop cookie dough by heaping spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, cookies should be light brown around the edges. Brush with spice glaze and transfer to racks to cool.

Step 4

To make the spice glaze, mix confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons of warm water until there are no more lumps. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. If glaze is too thick, add a little more water.