Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Crisco

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 cup pumpkin

• 1 cup butterscotch morsels (can substitute for milk or while chocolate chips)

• 1 egg

• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

• 1 tsp vanilla flavoring

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 2 cups plain flour

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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets.

2. In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and sugar.  Stir in the pumpkin and vanilla.

3. Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture.  

4. Mix in the butterscotch chips and nuts.

5. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  Allow cookies to cool for a minute on cookie sheets and then transfer to a wire cooling rack.