Recipe - Pumpkin Filled Cookies

FILLING
1 cup Pumpkin
One half cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Ginger
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Salt

COOKIES
3 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half cup Brown sugar
Three fourths cup Shortening
1 Egg
One fourth cup Molasses
1 cup Rolled oats

from Women's Circle for the Proud Cook.

Filling: Blend ingredients together and set aside.

Cookies: Mix and sift together flour, salt & baking soda. Combine sugar,
shortening, egg and molasses; mix well. Add dry ingredients to molasses
mixture. Add oats. Chill 30 minutes. Roll out 1/8 inch thick; place 1 tbs
filling on 1 cookie and cover with a second cookie. Press together and slit
top. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
NAFY67C@prodigy.com (DEBORAH EPSTEIN) on 6 Ap, r 1997