Pumpkin Cookies

Be warned! These cookies are healthy and addicting...a really bad, I mean good combination.

Courtesy of Kitchen Stewardship
She lists two versions of this recipe on her site...a not so healthy and healthy version. I just listed the healthy version below because it's the one I followed.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups butter or coconut oil or palm shortening
• 1 1/2 c. sucanat (or any type of unrefined cane sugar)
• 16 oz. can pumpkin or 2 c. pumpkin puree (squash works, too)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 4 c. white whole wheat flour (I used 100% whole wheat flour and couldn't tell the difference. The cookies were very light)
  
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp.nutmeg
• ½ tsp. allspice
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 c. chocolate chips or raisins
• 1 c. chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Cream fat and sweetener.
   
2. Add pumpkin, eggs and vanilla; beat well.
   
3. Stir together flour and next 6 dry ingredients. Add to batter; mix well.
   
4. Stir in choc chips and nuts.
5. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls two inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.