1. Cream the soft butter and the sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy

2. Add the eggs and the pumpkin puree to the butter mixture

3. Sift the following ingredients together: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and ginger

4. Add the sifted ingredients to the puree mixture and mix well. Stir until the mixture is well blended

5. Add the cups of seeded raisins and pecans

6. Drop the batter by teaspoons onto a buttered baking tray

7. Bake the cookies in a hot oven of 400F (205C) for about 15minutes or until the cookies are light brown

List of ingredients required:

1/2 cup soft butter
1 and 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 and 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
2 and 1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 cup seeded raisins
1 cup chopped pecans

1. Cream the sugar and the butter in a mixing bowl

2. Add the 3 eggs and mix well

3. Add the sifted flour and baking powder alternately with the hot water

4. Add the walnuts and the dates to the bowl and mix well

5. Drop the batter by teaspoons onto a buttered baking dish

6. Bake the cookies in a moderately hot oven of 375F (190C) for about 15minutes or until they are golden

List of ingredients required:

1 and 1/2 cups shaved maple sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon sifted baking powder
1/2 cup hot water with 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in it
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 and 1/2 cups chopped, pitted dates

1. Grease 2 or 3 baking trays

2. Sift the following ingredients together in a bowl: flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, and cinnamon

3. Add the sugar to the sifted ingredients

4. Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the syrup (do not let the butter boil when melting it)

5. Mix this into the dry ingredients using a wooden spoon

6. Using your hands, shape the dough into a thick sausage shape before cutting it into 24 even pieces

7. Roll each piece into a ball and set them well apart and slightly flatten them

8. Bake the cookies above the center of the preheated oven for about 15minutes or until the cookies have cracked and are golden brown

9. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on a wire wrack

10. As soon as the cookies are cold, store them in an airtight tin

List of ingredients required:

1 level teaspoon ground ginger
2 level teaspoons caster sugar
1/2 level teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 oz golden syrup
4 oz self-raising flour
1/2 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 oz butter

The oven should be preheated at a temperature of 375F (190C)