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Caramel Apple Cookies

Source of Recipe


From "Farm Journal Homemade Cookies"



List of Ingredients



• ½ cup shortening
  
• 1-1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
  
• 1 egg
  
• 2¼ cups sifted flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 1 tsp ground cloves
  
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  
• 1 cup grated peeled apples
  
• 1 cup light raisins
  
• ½ cup apple juice
  
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
  
• .
  
• Caramel Icing (recipe follows)
  






Instructions



1. Cream shortening, sugar and egg until light and fluffy.
   Sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. When well blended, stir in remaining ingredients, except icing.
   
   
2. Drop by level tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart onto greased baking sheet. Bake in 350° oven about 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
   
   
3. Remove cookies and cool on racks.
   When cool, spread with Caramel Icing.
   
   Makes about 4 dozen.
   
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   CARAMEL ICING
   
   • ¼ cup butter
   • ¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
   • 1½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
   • ¼ tsp salt
   • 2½ Tbsp half-and-half or light cream
   
   Combine butter and brown sugar in saucepan; cook until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Add sifted confectioners' sugar, salt, and half-and-half; beat until smooth. (If frosting becomes too thick when spreading on cookies, thin it by adding a little more cream.)