Pumpkin Cookies

I know these cookies don't look very pretty, but I make them when I am in the mood for a healthy cookie.  These are cookies that I don't feel guilty about eating.  After my Halloween candy eating binge, I felt I needed a healthy dessert alternative.  And isn't November the perfect month to bake something with pumpkin puree in it?  Now I just have to hide all the Halloween candy from myself!

Pumpkin Cookie Recipe from the "Healthy Life Kitchen" by Marilu Henner

3/4 cup honey

1 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 cup oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour of choice

1/4 cup soya flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ginger

1 cup raisins (optional)

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix honey, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla in a bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients; add to pumpkin mix.  Stir in raisins and nuts, if desired.  Drop by spoonfuls onto oiled cookie sheet.  Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

I used canola oil and walnuts for this recipe.  I baked them once without the raisins and they just didn't come out as sweet.  And since these cookies aren't very sweet to begin with, I think they really need the raisins.

Enjoy!