Ingredients:
1 cup Canned Pumpkin
1 cup Sugar
1¾ cups Rolled Oats
1 Egg (beaten)
1½ cups Flour
¾ cup Shortening
1cup Raisins or Chopped Nuts
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Salt

Preparation Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add and mix shortening. Stir until mixture is crumbly. Stir in egg, pumpkin, oats and raisins (or nuts). Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake fifteen minutes or until done.

Makes approximately 5 dozen cookies.