Pumpkin Filled Oatmeal Cookies
By: Amy Jeanroy
Published: Friday, November 11, 2011 - 8:05am

Ingredients




3/4 cup lard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup  oats
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Preparation

1 Cream lard and brown sugar until light and fluffy 2 Beat in egg and molasses 3 In a second bowl, combine oats, flour, salt and baking soda 4 Stir into creamed mixture 5 Cover and chill for 15 minutes 6 In a saucepan, combine pumpkin, white sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. 7 Cook and stir until bubbly, allow to cool 8 Remove dough from fridge and roll out to 1/8 inch thick. 9 Place 1 tsp filling in center of 18 of the circles 10 Cut into 36 3 inch circles(I use a donut cutter) 11 Place 1 teaspoon filling in center of 18 circles. 12 Cover each with remaining circles, press fork around edges to seal each one. 13 Bake 375 for 12-15 minutes

About

These are like little pumpkin pies, but much less messy.

Comments:
Libby Stack

Lard! Yes! These sound a little bit like some cookies I used to get in a bakery here. Unfortunately the place closed. Sounds good - must try!