Halloween Surprise Filled Cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 14 cup shortening
- 12 butter or 12 margarine
- 1 egg
- 34 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
- 12 cup granulated sugar
- 12 teaspoon cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon ground ginger
- 14 teaspoon nutmeg
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda and sugar.
- Gently cut in shortening and butter then blend in egg.
- Beat dough mixture until evenly combined and lastly add the oatmeal.
- Roll out dough to about 1/4 thick between 2 plastic wraps.
- Using a 2 1/2 round cutter, cut dough to circles on ungreased cookie sheet 1 apart.
- Prepare filling by simply mixing filling ingredients together.
- Put a teaspoonful of filling at the center of each and cover with remaining dough circles.
- Seal the edges by pressing down with fingers or by a fork.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes.
flour, salt, baking soda, brown sugar, shortening, butter, egg, oatmeal, pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/halloween-surprise-filled-cookies-43556 (may not work)