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Pumpkin Nut Cookies

My mother used to make these cookies--they are good -- Wendy

  • Prep10 min
  • Cook30 min
  • Total40 min
  • Servings50
  • DifficultyEasy

Dessert · #Yummy

Ingredients

  • Apple Sauce — ¾ cup
  • Shortening — ¾ cup
  • Pumpkin, Canned — 1 qt
  • Egg — 3
  • Vanilla — 1 tbsp
  • Baking Powder — 3 tsp
  • Salt — 1 ½ tsp
  • Baking Soda — 1 tbsp
  • Nutmeg — 1 tbsp
  • Cinnamon — 1 tbsp
  • Ginger, Ground — 1 tsp
  • Walnuts, Chopped — 2 cup
  • Chocolate Chips — 2 cup
  • Sugar — 2 ½ cup

Instructions

  1. Mix together Apple Sauce, Shortening, Sugar, Pumpkin, Eggs, and Vanilla until combined
  2. Mix together remaining ingredients and add to the above wet ingredients in a large bowl a little at a time, stirring after each addition, until well mixed.
  3. You may also add other things, like crushed pineapple, if you desire, but there are usually enough of the other ingredients.
  4. Bake at 375 degrees on greased cookie sheet for 10.12 minutes.

Notes

Makes a ton, so you may wish to scale the recipe to your desired size.