Libby's recipe 2 cups flour 1 cup quick or old fashioned oats, uncooked 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter or margarin, softened 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup sugar 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup Libby's solid pack pumpkin 1 cup semi-sweet real chocolate morsels Variation: Substitute 1 cup raisins for morsels. Assorted icing or peanut butter Assorted candies, raisins or nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in morsels.
For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; spread into pumpkin shape, using a thin spatula.
Add a bit more dough to form a stem.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until cookies are firm and lightly browned. Remove from sheets; cool on racks. Decorated, using icing or peanut butter to affix assorted candies, raisins
or nuts.
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