JENNIFER'S PUMPKIN COOKIES

JENNIFER'S PUMPKIN COOKIES


1/4 lb butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed cooked pumpkin
1 tsp lemon extract
1 cup nuts


Sift together:
2 cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp soda

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and pumpkin and dry ingredients.
Blend in extract and nuts.
Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

SHOO FLY PIE

3/4 cup dark molasses
3/4 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 unbaked 9 or 10 inch pastry shell

Combine molasses, water and baking soda.
Combine flour and sugar
Cut in butter.

In pastry shell alternate layers of molasses mixture, flour mixture starting with the molasses layer and ending with flour layer.

Bake 375 degrees about 30 minutes