Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1⅓ cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 cup apples, peeled, cored, and finely diced
- 1 cup raisins
- ¼ cup milk
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ tbsp half and half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Beat shortening, brown sugar, and egg together until light and fluffy
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg
- Stir half of the dry ingredients into creamed mixture
- Stir in apples and raisins, then stir in remaining half of dry ingredients and milk
- Mix well
- Drop batter (from about a big tablespoon) 2 inches apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet
- Bake for 10-12 minutes (I did 8-9 minutes because we like them soft and they were perfect)
- Make glaze: combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and half and half and beat until smooth
- Remove cookies and put on cooling racks
- Spread glaze on warm cookies
- Enjoy
Recipe from:Real House Moms
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