pumpkin gobs

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 cups solid pack pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup prepared vanilla pudding

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (190 degrees c). line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. beat in the pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
• stir the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon into the pumpkin mixture. blend until combined.
• drop teaspoonfuls of dough the prepared baking sheets. bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 12 to 14 minutes. let cookies cool completely then sandwich two cookies together with vanilla filling.
• to make vanilla filling: beat the shortening and 1 1/2 cups white sugar together for 10 minutes. beat in the vanilla and the vanilla pudding. beat until creamy.