Kaye's Pumpkin Cookies

These are my grandma's pumpkin cookies.  It doesn't get much better than these.  I have so many yummy yummy cookie recipes...but this one is really beloved.  I always get lots of compliments on these and I always get asked for the recipe.

We grew up eating these, so they just seemed "normal."  But - after I entered the adult world and started sampling other pumpkin cookies (which I usually love, pumpkin chocolate chip is definitely a fav) I realized just how good these are!

This recipe makes a TON of cookies - 6 dozen large to be exact.  So - if you don't want to pass them out to all your neighbors then you can cut the recipe in half.

 Cookies

3 cups Sugar

3 cups Pumpkin

6 cups Flour

3 tsp Cinnamon

3 cups Shortening

3 Eggs

3 tsp Baking Soda

1 1/2 tsp Salt

Frosting

6 TBSP Butter

1 cup Brown Sugar

2 tsp Vanilla

8 tsp Milk

2 cups Powdered Sugar

For Cookies:

1. Cream together the shortening and sugar, add pumpkin, eggs, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Stir in flour until combined.

2. Drop by the tablespoon onto a baking sheet (I use an ice cream scoop) and bake for 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees.

3. Spread frosting over warm cookies and let cool.

For Frosting:

1. Beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth.