Pumpkin Cookies I Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup white sugar

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 1/2 cups butterscotch chips

Instructions:

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

In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and sugar. Stir in the pumpkin and vanilla. Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Then mix in the butterscotch chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for a minute on cookie sheets before transferring to wire cooling racks.