Harvest Pumpkin Drop Cookies

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Title: Harvest Pumpkin Drop Cookies
Categories: Dessert, Cookies, Posted-mm
Yield: 36 Servings

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

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