Healthy Harvest Pumpkin Drop Cookies

• 2 cups pastry flour, whole wheat or 1/2 white and 1/2 whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice ground
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar substitute eg. splenda or use white sugar
• 1 cup pumpkin puree (canned)
• 1 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 1 cup cranberries, dried optional
• 36 each pecan halves + or -

1. Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and allspice in medium bowl.
3. Beat using a stand or hand mixer the butter, oil, brown sugar and sugar replacement in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
5. Gradually add flour mixture.
6. Beat at low speed until well blended.
7. Stir in chopped pecans and cranberries with spoon.
8. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
9. Flatten slightly with back of spoon.
10. Press one pecan half into center of each cookie and push down slightly.
11. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
12. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
13. Store tightly covered at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.
14. Makes about 36 cookies Note: If dried cranberries are not available, substitute raisins or currants.

pastry flour, baking powder, cinnamon ground, baking soda, salt, allspice ground, butter, canola oil, brown sugar, sugar substitute, pumpkin puree, eggs, vanilla, pecans, cranberries, pecan halves

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/healthy-harvest-pumpkin-drop-co-51118 (may not work)