Glazed Apple Cookies
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
Dough:
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup shortening
11/3 cups light brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup apple juice or milk
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped raisins
1 cup chopped, unpeeled apples (use sweet apples)
Icing:
1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 1/2 tablespoons milk or apple juice
Dash of salt
1/4 teaspoon maple flavoring
Recipe
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
For dough, sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices together, and set aside.
Cream shortening and brown sugar; add egg. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with apple juice or milk. Fold in chopped nuts, raisins and apples. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, then remove from cookie sheet.
For icing, cream powdered sugar and butter; add milk or apple juice, salt and maple flavoring. Mix until spreading consistency. While cookies are warm, frost them.
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