Soft Pumpkin Cookies
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 15
  • 1/2 cup butter or shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 13/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 cup All-Bran cereal
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup raisins (or dried cranberries)
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 375ยบ.
  2. Cream butter and sugar well.
  3. Add egg and mix well.
  4. Stir together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; add alternately with pumpkin to creamed mixture.
  5. Stir in All-Bran, nuts and raisins.
  6. Blend well.
  7. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet.
  8. Bake for 15 minutes.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
Since these cookies contain Bran, they are very healthy so you can eat more (than you should). They are also very good with a light lemon glaze.