Glazed Apple Cookies
Ingredients:
Cookie:
2 cups sifted unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup shortening
1-1/3 cups brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg, unbeaten
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup finely chopped unpared tart apples
1 cup raisins, chopped (optional)
1/4 cup apple juice or milk
Vanilla Glaze:
1-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
2-1/2 tablespoons light cream
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Sift together flour and baking soda.
- Mix shortening, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and egg until well blended.
- Stir in half of flour mixture.
- Add nuts, apples and raisins.
- Blend in apple juice, then remaining flour mixture.
- Drop by tablespoons, 2-inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake approximately 12 minutes.
Mix together all ingredients until well blended.
Spread thinly over hot cookies.
Makes 3 - 4 Dozen
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