Simple Pumpkin Cookies

We have an oversupply of pumpkins on our vines at the moment and needed to make everything pumpkin. I tried pumpkin cookie recipes from this site but none of them were as nice as these.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 48 cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups raw sugar
• 2  cups  cooked pumpkin
• 1  cup  salad oil (I use sunflower)
• 2  teaspoons vanilla essence
• 4  cups self-rising flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 2  cups raisins

Directions

1. Combine raw sugar, pumpkin, oil and vanilla.
2. Add remaining ingredients, mix well.
3. Drop dessertspoons of mixture on greased oven trays.
4. Bake in moderate oven (180C/350F), for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.