Pumpkin Cookies With Frosting

Kyle and JD have been telling me they want a pumpkin pie.  So I thought I would be a wonderful mother and have one made for them when they got home from school.  Well I only had one pie crust and so I had to half my recipe.  This was going great until the second ingredient went into the bowl.  I halved the pumpkin but not the sugar.  So I had to find a recipe for cookies instead.  I found this one.  The boys were pretty happy to have cookies so I guess it worked out ok.

2 cups shortening

2 cups white sugar

2 cups canned pumpkin

2 eggs

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

4 cup sall-purpose flour

6 tablespoons butter

8 tablespoons milk

2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup packed brown sugar

 

Cream shortening, white sugar and pumpkin. Add eggs and mix well. Sift together the baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt and flour. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

 

Drop from spoon to cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees

 

To Make Frosting: Cook butter, milk, and brown sugar until dissolved. Cool and add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Spread over warm cookies.