Pumpkin Cookies from Mom’s Student Teaching

Combine:
1 C. sugar
1/3 C. shortening
1 egg
½ t. vanilla
1 t. lemon juice
1 C. pumpkin puree
Combine & add:
2 C. flour
4 t. baking powder
1 t. cinnamon
½ t. nutmeg
¼ t. salt
Add:
1 C. coconut
½ C. nuts
Bake 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Variation add 2 T. orange juice instead of the lemon juice and frost with orange glaze:

Orange Glaze:
1/1/2 C. powdered sugar
2-3 T. orange juice
½ t. grated orange peel