Fall Food: Pumpkin Cookies!

What says October more than pumpkins cookies? If you need a sweet treat, homemade are the best!

This recipe I got from a friend and was published a few years ago on LouFamFun.

Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup margarine or butter softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pumpkin
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Toppings (optional)
peanut butter
colored frosting (orange and green)
M&M's
Reese's pieces
colored sugar crystals (green and orange)

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350
In one bowl combine: flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt
In another bowl combine: cream margarine with mixer and gradually add sugar
Add egg and vanilla with the butter and sugar and mix well
alternate adding all dry ingredients, choc chips and pumpkin to the margarine mixture and mix all together
Drop 1/4 cup dough on lightly greased cookie sheets, shape them in to pumpkins with a stem up top
Bake 20-25 minutes