Spice Pumpkin Bake and Pumpkin Drop Cookies

More from the little black book. I know my photo is a bit crooked. I feel a bit crooked this morning from the asthma issues. In fact, I'm sitting with a mask on my face doing the nebulizer right now! At least I have an extra hour to rest up before my show at the Eola Branch of the Aurora PL today. I had a lot of fun with the great crowd at the Palatine PLD yesterday. It was strange to put in my holiday earrings after only putting away my Halloween ones last Sunday.

I thought either of these would be tasty at a Thanksgiving table.  The first is handwritten; the second a clipping.

Spice Pumpkin cake

1 spice cake mix

1 can pumpkin

1/2 cup salad oil

1 pkg. vanilla pudding

3 eggs

1 teas. cin.

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup nuts

Bake in 350 oven 40 - 45 min.

Keep in mind I type these in exactly as they are written. That abbreviation has to be cinnamon. I like the sound of this one, especially with the vanilla pudding.

Pumpkin Drop Cookies (six dozen)

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed

1 egg

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 1/4 cups sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup raisins

Cream butter and sugar until light; beat in egg and pumpkin.  Add sifted dry ingredients and heat batter until smooth.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Drop from a teaspoon onto a greased cooky sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees for about 18 minutes.  Frost while still warm with thin confectioners' sugar icing flavored with lemon juice and rind.