GLAZED APPLE COOKIES

MAKES ABOUT 4 DOZEN

These apple cookie recipe from my mother is very good. These days, we use a vegetable shortening with no trans fats. One word of caution; if you are making a tray of assorted cookies for presentation and plan to cover it, do not put the apple cookies on the tray. The flavors might draw into the other cookies. There is also something in the apple that softens crisper 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

Preheat oven to 375° 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.

Meanwhile, make vanilla glaze. Mix together all ingredients until well blended. Spread thinly over hot cookies. Cool completely before packing in an airtight container with wax or parchment paper between layers.

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