Apple Spice Drops
Quick Cooking
It's a snap to stir up these soft frosted cookies form Blanche Whytsell of Arnoldsburg, West Virginia. With their big apple flavor and abundance of nuts, you'll have a hard time eating just one.
SERVINGS: 21
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- FROSTING:
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons apple juice
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg and apple juice. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Fold in apple and walnuts.
Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For frosting, cream butter, sugar, vanilla and enough apple juice to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.