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1 1/2 sticks butter — at room temperature
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup canned or cooked fresh pumpkin puree
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Pinch salt
2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until light. Beat in pumpkin. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin-pie spice, beating until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop teaspoonfuls of batter 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies from baking sheets to a wire rack and cool. Yield 6 to 7 dozen 1 1/2-inch cookies.

Frosted Pumpkin Walnut Cookies

1/2 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Lemon extract
2 1/2 c Flour – all purpose
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Walnuts, chopped
1/4 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 tb Milk
1 1/2 c Brown sugar, firmly
1 c Pumpkin -cooked, mashed
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1 tb Baking powder
2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 Maple frosting recipe
2 1/4 c Powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 ts Maple extract

Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and flavorings. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting. Yield: 7 1/2 dozen.

Maple Frosting

Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract, and beat well. Yield: about 1 cup.

There is no error in this recipe, one butter is for the cookie, the other is for the frosting, read the recipe instructions carefully.

Honey Pumpkin Cookies

1 1/4 c Honey
1/2 c Shortening
2 lg Eggs
1 1/2 c Cooked pumpkin puree ***
2 1/2 c All purpose flour
4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Raisins
1 1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts

Cream 3/4 cup of the honey with shortening. Add eggs one at a time,beating well after each. Combine the pumpkin with remaining 1/2 cup honey and add to egg mixture. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Gradually stir flour blend into pumpkin mixture. Fold in raisins and nuts. Chill batter for 30 minutes. Drop by teaspoonsful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 deg.for 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned. 4 to 5 dozen NOTE: If a spicer cookie is desired, use canned pumpkin pie filling in place of plain pumpkin.

Cups:
1/2 c Butter (softened)
3 oz Cream cheese (softened)
1 c Flour

Filling:
1/2 c Brown Sugar (firmly Packed)
1/4 c Canned pumpkin
1 Egg yolk
1 tb Half & half
4 ts Butter (melted)
1 tb Rum Or 1/4 tsp rum flavoring
1 ts Vanilla
1/8 ts Ground cinnamon
1/8 ts Ground nutmeg

Topping:
1/2 c Pecans (coarsely chopped)
1/4 c Brown sugar (firmly packed)
1 tb Butter (melted)

In a medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter and the cream cheese with electric mixer until well blended. Stir in flour. Divide dough into 24 balls, 1 inch in diameter. Press the dough evenly into bottom and sides of 24 1 3/4 inch muffin pans. Bake at 325 for 10 minutes. Combine brown sugar, pumpkin, egg yolk, cream or milk, melted butter, rum, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spoon into warmed prebaked cups. Stir together nuts, remaining brown sugar and melted butter and sprikle over pumpkin mixture. Bake at 325 for 25 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Loosen and remove cups from pans. Serve warm or cool.