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Recipe
Spiced Apple Cookies
a handwritten recipe from my old neighbor, Katie Sanford
Ingredients
| ½ c. | shortening* |
| 1 1/3 c. | dark brown sugar |
| 1 | egg |
| ¼ c. | whole milk |
| 2 ¼ c. | all-purpose flour |
| 1 t. | baking soda |
| 1 t. | ground cinnamon |
| ½ t. | ground cloves |
| ½ t. | ground nutmeg |
| ½ t. | salt |
| 1 c. | chopped walnuts |
| 1 c. | unpeeled apple, finely chopped (I use a juicy, sweet variety like McIntosh) |
*Note: I use trans-fat free shortening only when baking
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Beat together shortening and brown sugar until full combined. Add egg and milk and mix ingredients well.
3. In a separate bowl combine flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add dry ingredients, scraping down the sides as necessary, until everything is fully combined.
4. Stir chopped apple and walnuts into the batter with a wooden spoon.
5. Drop cookies by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2-inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with Silpat or parchment paper. Press the tops of the cookie down with your top two fingers so they are slightly flattened.
6. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookies hold their shape and are slightly browned on the edges.
Naptime Notes
Naptime Recipe Serving ideas
If you want the flavors of apple pie all packaged up in a cookie this is the recipe for you. One of my friends added raisins to her batch and they were delicious. I encourage people to try that if they are interested.
Naptime Stopwatch
Like all good cookie recipes, this one merely requires assembling the batter and baking it – less than an hour from start to finish.
Naptime Reviews
My husband, always the cookie lover especially enjoyed these. I have only made one apple pie so far this season but once he ate these, he said he would happily forgo pie this season in favor of cookies.
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