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