Favorite Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup pumpkin           

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

Blend together.  Then add:

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. salt

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Mix and drop on cookie sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375

Frosting

3 Tbsp. melted butter

3 Tbsp. milk

½ cup brown sugar

Powdered sugar

Boil butter, milk, and brown sugar 2 minutes.  Then add enough powdered sugar to make of thin spreading consistency.  Spread on cookies immediately because frosting will harden.  As frosting hardens add a few drops of milk to thin and make spreadable.