Are you looking for a cookie recipe with vegetable? I mean a vegetarian cookie? I think this cookie recipe here is what you are looking for. This is a squash cookie recipe made from mashed squash combined with raisin and chopped nuts.
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Squash Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups enriched flour
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light Brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger powdered
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 1/3 cup oil for shortening
- 1 cup chopped raisins
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup mashed cooked kalabasa squash
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- How to make Kalabasa (Squash) Cookies
- Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
- In large mixing bowl, cream together shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Blend in kalabasa and orange extract.
- Add flour mixture all at once, stirring until well-blended Reserve 2 tablespoons nuts and 2 tablespoons raisins.
- Stir remaining nuts and raisins into batter.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
- Sprinkle 1/3 of the cookies with reserved nuts, 1/3 with reserved raisins and the remaining plain.
- Bake at 400 °F for from 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly brown.
- Yield: 10 servings.
