Prune and Pumpkin Cookies

• 1½ oz / 40 g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 oz / 30

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, beat in the egg and vanilla essence and then the pumpkin. Sift the dry ingredients together and mix thoroughly with the pumpkin mixture. Stir in the prunes. Take heaped tablespoons of the mixture, and drop on to a greased baking sheet, spacing well apart (use two trays, if ne