INGREDIENTS

    Cookies
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed cooked pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 tablespoon ginger
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup black walnuts , ground (optional)

    • Filling

  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1egg white, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

  1. Cookies:.
  2. Cream sugar and oil. Mix in pumpkin and eggs. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.
  3. Filling:.
  4. Mix 1 cup sugar with egg white, milk, and vanilla. Add shortening and another cup of sugar. After cookies cool, spread filling generously on the flat sides of half the cookies. Top with another cookie to form a sandwich.