Pumpkin Jumbos Recipe
Ingredients
| 2 cups dark seedless raisins | ||
| Water | 1 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| All purpose flour | 4 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking soda | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground allspice | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Ground nutmeg | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Sugar | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Eggs | 3 | |
| Walnuts | 1 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Creamy Orange Frosting | ||
Directions
Combine raisins and water in a saucepan.
Bring to boiling and simmer 5 minutes.
Drain, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
Set raisins and liquid aside.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together; set aside.
Cream butter with spices and extract; add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Add dry ingredients alternately with raisin liquid, mixing until blended after each addition.
Mix in raisins and walnuts.
Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 400°F about 10 minutes.
Remove to wire racks.
When cool, frost with Creamy Orange Frosting.
Decorate to resemble jack-o'-lantern faces.
With a wooden pick or fine brush dipped in melted chocolate, draw lines to indicate grooves in pumpkin and to make the face.
Use a piece of citron or angelica for stem.
Bring to boiling and simmer 5 minutes.
Drain, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
Set raisins and liquid aside.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together; set aside.
Cream butter with spices and extract; add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Add dry ingredients alternately with raisin liquid, mixing until blended after each addition.
Mix in raisins and walnuts.
Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 400°F about 10 minutes.
Remove to wire racks.
When cool, frost with Creamy Orange Frosting.
Decorate to resemble jack-o'-lantern faces.
With a wooden pick or fine brush dipped in melted chocolate, draw lines to indicate grooves in pumpkin and to make the face.
Use a piece of citron or angelica for stem.
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