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: 167 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.

Step 4

While cookies are baking, 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.

Step 5

When cookies are done baking, remove from oven and brush with spice glaze. Transfer to racks to cool.