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American pumpkin cookies

Ingredients
250 g margarine or butter
500 ml castor sugar
460 g cooked pumpkin, mashed
300 g raisins
10 ml vanilla essence
1 litre plain flour
2 ml salt
10 ml bicarbonate of soda
10 ml baking powder
10 ml cinnamon
500 ml pecan nuts, chopped
CARAMEL ICING
170 g margarine or butter
125 ml soft brown sugar
2 ml salt
80 ml milk
3 ml vanilla essence
500 g icing sugar

Method:
1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy; add pumpkin, raisins and vanilla essence. Sift in flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Add pecan nuts and mix until well combined. 2. Drop tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 180-200 ºC for 10 minutes. Place on a drying rack to cool. 3. For the caramel icing, melt margarine, brown sugar and salt together in a small saucepan, stirring continuously. Add the milk and stir until mixture comes to the boil. Remove from the heat and cool. Blend in vanilla essence and icing sugar. Spread over the cooled cookies.

Recipe From : Ideas October 01, 1993

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