Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

Prep Time: 30 Minutes

Cook Time: 13 Minutes

Ready In: 43 Minutes

Servings: 14

Courtesy of Crisco® You can always tell a Crisco® Shortening-made Cookie – if you can spot them before they're gone!

Ingredients:

crisco® butter flavor no-stick cooking spray

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box pillsbury® reduced sugar yellow cake

1/3 stick crisco® all-vegetable shortening sticks or 1/3 cup crisco® butter shortening

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup peeled and shredded granny smith apple (about 1 large)

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 large egg

1/2 cup frosting

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. HEAT oven to 375°F Spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
2. 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.
3. BAKE 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool for 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack.
4. 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 percent power). Snip small edge off bag corner. Squeeze bag to drizzle cooled cookies with frosting. Sprinkle with additional ground cinnamon.

By RecipeOfHealth.com