Pumpkin Cookies

2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup butter
2 cups pumpkin
2 eggs
5 cups flour
2 tsps soda
2 ½ tsps cinnamon
4 tsps baking powder
1 tsp salt
5/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
5/8 tsp cloves
2 tsps vanilla

Cream together sugar, shortening, butter, pumpkin, and eggs. Add flour, soda, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, vanilla. Spoon on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool. Drizzle frosting over cookies.

Frosting

1/4 cup butter
5 tbsps milk

Heat until a few bubbles appear around the edges of the pan and add

1 tsp vanilla
3 3/4 cups powdered sugar