2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Ground allspice
1 c Butter, softened
1 c Sugar
1 c Canned pumpkin
1 lg Egg
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Chopped pecans
1 c Dried cranberries (optional)
36 Pecan halves + or –
PREHEAT oven to 375?F. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking
soda, salt and allspice in medium bowl.
BEAT butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium
speed until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
Gradually add flour mixture. Beat at low speed until well blended.
Stir in chopped pecans and cranberries with spoon.
DROP heaping tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased
cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with back of spoon. Press one pecan
half into center of each cookie.
BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 minute; transfer to wire racks
to cool completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature or
freeze up to 3 months.
Makes about 36 cookies
Note: If dried cranberries are not available, substitute raisins or
currants.
From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
Yields
36 Servings