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682 - Glazed Apple Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)


1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups packed Domino's dark brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup finely chopped baking apples (washed and peeled before chopping)
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup raisins (optional)--(boil for 5 minutes and drain before adding)
2 cups flour
Glaze: 1 1/2 cups Domino's powdered sugar, 1 TBSP melted butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2
1/2 TBSP milk

In a mixer add Crisco, dark brown sugar--beat. Add egg--beat. Add baking soda,
ground cloves, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg--beat. Add milk--beat. Slowly add flour--beat
(if it gets too stiff for mixer continue by hand). Remove bowl from mixer--add choppedapples, nuts (optional) and raisins (optional)--stir until mixed. Drop by spoonfuls on to
greased cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes. While cookies are
baking, make the glaze--in a bowl add powdered sugar, melted butter, vanilla and
milk--stir until smooth. Cool cookies a few minutes and frost the cookies while they
are still warm (but not hot).

 

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