Flat pumpkin fritters

Directions

1. Put the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and shortening in a bowl.

2. Mix well with a wooden spoon and then form a hole in the middle.

3. Add the mashed pumpkin in the middle of the mixture.

4. Mix milk and water.

5. Pour this mixture on the pumpkin and keep on stirring the spoon in the middle mixing the flour little by little until it becomes a dough.

6. Sprinkle a little flour on the table and turn the dough on it.

7. Finish the dough by adding a little more flour and knead well.

8. Divide the dough into 10 pieces and form balls.

9. Add a little more flour on the table, put the balls of dough on it, cover them with a moist dish towel and let them rest for 10 minutes.

10. After that flatten them with a floured rolling pin and let them rest for another 15 minutes.

11. Then fry them slowly on a moderate heat. Put them on kitchen towel to absorb the cooking oil.

12. The cakes can be stuffed with sliced cheese or stewed codfish.

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