Title: Pumpkin fig cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 Cookies
 
  1 1/4 c  Flour, sifted
  1 1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Baking soda
    3/4 c  Oats, old-fashioned or quick
      1 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed
    3/4 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Shortening
      1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
      1    Egg
      1 c  Pumpkin, canned or fresh
      1 c  Figs, dried; chopped
    3/4 c  Walnuts; chopped
      1 tb Orange peel; grated
 
  Mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder, and soda; stir in oats; set
  aside. Cream sugars with shortening and spices; beat in egg. Add
  flour mixture alternately with pumpkin.  Stir in dried figs, walnuts
  and orange peel. Drop by Tablespoons on greased cookie sheets. Bake
  at 375 F degrees for about 15 minutes.