Title: Pumpkin Fig Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 Cookies

1 1/4 c Flour, sifted
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Baking soda
3/4 c Oats, old-fashioned or quick
1 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Shortening
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1 Egg
1 c Pumpkin, canned or fresh
1 c Figs, dried; chopped
3/4 c Walnuts; chopped
1 tb Orange peel; grated

Mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder, and soda; stir in oats; set aside.
Cream sugars with shortening and spices; beat in egg. Add flour mixture
alternately with pumpkin. Stir in dried figs, walnuts and orange peel.
Drop by Tablespoons on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 F degrees for
about 15 minutes.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini