Boring Meeting Pumpkin Cookies

These wonderful cookies were brought to our boring Faculty Senate meetings at school by Brianna, a 7th grade English teacher. All the teachers were instantly addicted! So moist and yummy. She also had a vanilla icing that went on top---with these ingredients---powdered sugar, butter, milk and vanilla extract. The only problem is that she never measured the ingredients for the icing--just whipped it up--as I do--so you'll have to kind of guess for yourself how much of each ingredient--all she told me was you need lots of powdered sugar and butter and just a little milk and vanilla extract. Good luck! (But even if you don't get the icing to turn out--the cookies themselves are out of this world!) The serving size may be off--I can't quite remember how much the recipe makes.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup canned pumpkin
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  cups flour

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375.
2. Mix sugar, pumpkin, and shortening together.
3. add baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix together.
4. Add flour, 1 cup at a time.
5. Drop heaping teaspoon sized balls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake approximately 10 minutes.