Pumpkin Cookies

This recipes I'd like my friends to try.
I use it still and in days gone by.
When Autumn ripens squash like yellow gold.
They make a cookie fit for any jar to hold.
One half cup of shortening, butter is best,
Cream with 1 1/2 cups sugar, but do not rest
Until 2 beaten eggs are used, fresh from the nest then all success will follow in this test.
One cup of squash and one of raisins, ground
One cup of nuts in soft batter drowned.
One half teaspoon of cinnamon, the same of nutmeg too.
One half teaspoon of cloves sends flavor through and through.
With one teaspoon of soda, the same amount of salt
Will make four dozen cookies without a single fault.
All of these spices sifted with 3 cups of flour
Will bring you baking joy for work of just one hour.
By spoonfuls mold and drop upon a sheet
You'll find these nicely browned will be a treat.
(Bake at 375 12-15 min. I also use milk chocolate chips instead of nuts and raisins.)

A pioneer Recipe by Alice L. Welling