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- Makes: 40 servings
- Yield: about 40 cookies
- Prep
20 mins
- Bake
10 mins per batch
Ingredients
-
1/2
cup
butter
-
2/3
cup
granulated sugar
-
2/3
cup
brown sugar
-
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
-
1/2
teaspoon
baking soda
-
1/2
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
-
1/8
teaspoon
ground cloves
-
1
egg
-
1/4
cup
apple juice or apple cider
-
2
cups
all-purpose flour
-
1
cup
finely chopped apple
-
1
cup
chopped walnuts
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1
recipe
Apple Frosting (see recipe below)
Directions
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Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
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Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and cloves. Beat until combined, scraping the sides of bowl. Beat in the egg and apple juice or cider until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can, the apple, and walnuts. Drop dough by a rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheet.
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Bake cookies in a 375 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool. Spread with Apple Frosting. Makes about 40 cookies.
Apple Frosting
Ingredients
- 4
cups
sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4
cup
softened butter
- 1
teaspoon
vanilla
- 3 - 4
tablespoons
apple juice
Directions
- In a medium mixing bowl beat powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and enough apple juice to make a frosting of spreading consistency.
