Pumpkin Cookies

• ¾ cup margarine, softened
• ⅔ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 1½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup soy flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• Easy Caramel Frosting
• ¼ cup chopped salted roasted soy nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375° F. In a large mixing bowl, cream margarine, brown sugar, sugar and vanilla; add pumpkin and eggs; mix to blend thoroughly. Sift together flour, soy flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture. Drop dough by tablespoon onto baking sheet. Bake 9–11 minutes. Remove from baking sheet to cool on rack. Frost cooled cookies with Easy Caramel Frosting and sprinkle with salted, roasted soy nuts if desired. Makes about 3 dozen cookies