Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies…Recipe as Promised

1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup sugar
1 ¾ cup oats
1 egg-beaten
1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup shortening (or I used a healthy oil, Omega 3, it’s a combo of canola, oil, and sunflower)
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt

Optional
1 cup nuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips (I added this to the recipe)

*Preheat oven to 400 degrees
*In mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt
*Add and mix shortening (or oil), stir until crumbly
*Stir in egg, pumpkin, oats, and (raisins, nuts, chocolate chips)
*Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet
*Bake 15 minutes or until done (I love when recipe say bake until done-well how do I know when done is if I have never made it before, well it did take the 15 minutes and they were firm to the touch.)

If you have an extra can of pumpkin in your cabinets and you are need to use it up, this is a nice easy, tasty recipe to help you out. Recipe courtesy of The Circleville Pumpkin Festival Recipe Book.

Yummy!