Spiced Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt, if desired

Directions:
Beat shortening and sugar until fluffy.  Add pumpkin and egg then beat until combined.  Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, soda, and salt.  Add and beat until combined.  Spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet (I use my ice cream scoop).  Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until the tops seem firm.  Remove and cool on wire rack.

Glaze:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 Tbsp milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
chopped walnuts

Combine brown sugar, butter, and milk in a sauce pan.  Heat over medium heat stirring constantly until butter melts.  Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.  Add a few drops of warm water if glaze is too thick.  Glaze tops of cookies and top with chopped walnuts.

Recipe is from one of my neighbors when I lived in Minnesota.