Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

Submitted by Crisco Recipes

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

 

• Ready In: 43mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 3 1/2 dozen
• Serves: 42

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

• CINNAMON FROSTING

• 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.