Grandpa Bens Pumpkin Cookies Food

GRANDPA'S PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Put all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl and make a deep well in the center with a spoon.
• Add all other ingredients to the well.
• Stir just enough to dampen all dry ingredients.
• Dates or chocolate chips may be substituted for nuts and raisins in any mixture, as long as mix equals 1 cup.
• Coat 3 coffee cans (13 oz.) with cooking spray and pour mixture equally into cans.
• Bake at 350 deg F for 1 hour.
• Bread is ready when toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Turn can upside down immediately onto a plate.
• Wait several minutes and then lift can off.
• The cans make indentations in bread which produce guides for large cookie slices.

GRANDPA'S PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450*.
• In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, salt, and spices.
• Beat well then add the pumpkin and milk - beat well again.
• Pour into pie shell and bake at 450* for 10 mins then reduce heat to 350* and bake for 40-45 minutes.
• Pie is done when knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Serve with homemade whipped cream.
• We use my canola oil pie crust recipe# 193951.
• Bon Apetit`.

OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until light and creamy.
• Mix in dry ingredients until well blended.
• Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
• Smooth tops of cookies.
• Bake in preheated 350°F degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients, stirring until smooth and set aside.
• Cool baked cookies on wire rack.
• Drizzle glaze over top.
• For variations, stir any one of the following ingredients into batter: 1 cup raisins, chopped nuts, or rolled oats and/or 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained.

GRANDPA BEN'S PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• With mixer, cream butter and sugar together.
• Add eggs, pumpkin and vanilla and mix well.
• In separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and oats.
• With mixer, add dry mixture with moist mixture, mix until fully incorporated.
• Fold in raisins, pecans and chips.
• Drop T spoon size onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minute @ 350 degrees in preheated oven or until light brown.