Best Prize Winning Apple Spice Drop Cookies Recipes

PRIZE-WINNING APPLE SPICE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl cream butter and both sugars together.
• Beat in the egg and apple juice.
• In a small bowl combine the dry ingredients.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; blend well.
• Mix in the chopped apples and nuts.
• Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12-13 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Place on wire rack to cool.
• For frosting: Beat all frosting ingredients until smooth; frost cookies.

MAPLE-GLAZED APPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400'.
• Cream together butter with sugar.
• Add salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, coriander and egg. Blend well.
• Stir in flour with baking soda and milk until well blended. Stir in apples.
• Drop by small spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 400' for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are light brown and spread but not overly brown (Firm when cooled and touched)
• Remove from oven and cool on cookie sheets 1-2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack
• To make glaze: Stir together butter, powdered sugar, maple flavoring and milk to make a smooth glaze.
• Dot each cookie with about 1/2 teaspoons of glaze and spread to edges.
• Cool cookies and allow glaze to set before storing in an airtight container.

CARAMEL FROSTED APPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar and egg well.
• Add apple, milk, raisins and nuts.
• Add all dry ingredients.
• Drop onto greased sheets.
• Bake 350° for 10 minutes or until done.
• Cool and top with icing.
• Icing: Melt butter and sugar in small pan.
• Stir and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Simmer 2 minutes.
• Remove heat add icing sugar and milk.

CARROT APPLE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Position oven racks in the upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• With a stand or hand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth. Add the sugars and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then add the egg and beat for another minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the vanilla. Continuing on low speed, add the flour mixture in 2 or 3 batches and beat only until they just disappear into the mix. The dough will be very thick, but don't overbeat to incorporate the flour. Using a rubber spatula, mix in the carrots, apples, cranberries and pecans.
• Spoon about three heaping tablespoonfuls of dough (or use a large cookie scoop, which is what I did) onto the prepared baking sheets at a time, leaving about an inch of space between them. Using your fingers, every so slightly flatted the tops of the cookies.
• Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, rotating the sheets from top to bottom and front to back at the midway point. The cookies should be light brown and only just firm on top. Carefully transfer the cookies to racks to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

APPLE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F; grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg; set aside.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until well blended.
• Beat in the eggs and apple juice.
• Gradually add the flour to the butter mixture, beating at low speed until well blended.
• Stir in the apple and pecans.
• Drop the dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.

APPLE ORCHARD COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and shortening. Beat in egg. Sift together dry ingredients and add to mixture. Beat until well blended. Stir in apples. Drop in the shape of a ball on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.