Prize Winning Apple Spice Drop Cookies Recipes

SPICED APPLE DROP COOKIES

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Provided by Food Network

Time 43m

Yield 3 1/2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

Crisco® Butter No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 (18.25 oz.) box Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Yellow Cake
1/3 stick Crisco® Butter Shortening Sticks or 1/3 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1 cup peeled and shredded Granny Smith apple (about 1 large)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 large egg
1/2 cup Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Vanilla Frosting
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

Steps:

HEAT oven to 375 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
COMBINE cake mix and shortening in a medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until a coarse meal forms. Sprinkle spices over mixture. Add apple, walnuts and egg, mixing on low speed until a smooth dough forms. Drop tablespoonsfuls of dough 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
BAKE 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool for 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack.
PLACE frosting and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon into the corner of a 1-quart resealable food storage bag. Knead to combine. Seal bag. Microwave 5 seconds on HIGH (100% power). Snip small edge off bag corner. Squeeze bag to drizzle cooled cookies with frosting. Sprinkle with additional ground cinnamon.

APPLE-SPICE-OATMEAL COOKIES

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Pack up these soft, spicy oatmeal cookies for a much appreciated lunch-box surprise.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup half-and-half or milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
2 medium apples, peeled, chopped (2 cups)
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Cover; set aside.
In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter, the shortening, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until thoroughly mixed. Beat in eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well blended. Beat in oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and flour, scraping side and bottom of bowl once, just until blended. Stir in apples and walnuts.
On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls (scant 1/4 cup) about 2 inches apart.
Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until edges are golden brown and centers are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Using spoon, drizzle about 1 teaspoon glaze onto each warm cookie. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170, Carbohydrate 22 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 65 mg

OLD-FASHIONED APPLE COOKIES

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In only 20 minutes you can enjoy these delicious scratch cookies made with tart chopped apples, warm spices and sweet brown sugar. Come fall there are plenty of cookie recipes that will make good use of the bounty of fresh apples, but you won't find one better or faster than these Old-Fashioned Apple Oatmeal Cookies.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 medium apple, chopped (1 cup)

Steps:

Heat oven to 375°. Grease cookie sheet with shortening. Beat brown sugar, butter and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Stir in apple.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool. Store loosely covered.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 115, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 80 mg

APPLESAUCE COOKIES II

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A very moist spice cookie that people will rave about. Makes a great after-school snack, or a tasty cookie on your Christmas cookie tray.

Provided by WHITEFIVE

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Apple Dessert Recipes

Time 51m

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
¾ cup shortening
1 cup applesauce
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar and shortening until smooth. Stir in the egg, and then the applesauce until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the applesauce mixture. Mix in walnuts and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges start to brown. Cool on cookie sheets for a few minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 77.8 calories, Carbohydrate 10.5 g, Cholesterol 3.1 mg, Fat 3.8 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Sodium 32.6 mg, Sugar 5.7 g