Pumpkin Rocks Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 then grease several baking sheets or coat with nonstick spray.
• In small bowl cover raisins with hot water then let stand 10 minutes.
• Drain well and set aside.
• In medium bowl stir flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg and salt then set aside.
• In large bowl with electric mixer on medium beat sugar and butter until very blended and fluffy.
• Reduce speed to low and beat in oil, molasses, vanilla and pumpkin until evenly incorporated.
• Beat or stir in flour mixture then add raisins until evenly incorporated.
• Drop dough onto baking sheets in golf ball size mounds spacing 2" apart.
• Bake cookies one sheet at a time in upper third of oven for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter or grease one 10x15 inch jelly roll pan.
• In a mixing bowl, blend together the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin. In a separate bowl, mix together flour and baking soda. Add to pumpkin mixture and blend until smooth. Evenly spread the mixture over the prepared jelly roll pan.
• Bake 15 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from oven and allow to cool enough to handle.
• Remove cake from pan and place on tea towel (cotton, not terry cloth). Roll up the cake by rolling a towel inside cake and place seam side down to cool.
• Prepare the frosting by blending together the butter, cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and vanilla.
• When cake is completely cooled, unroll and spread with cream cheese filling. Roll up again without towel. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Sprinkle top with confectioners sugar and slice into 8 to 10 portions.