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The Best of Bridge

Fresh Apple Cookies
The Best of the Best - Vol. 1 (Page: 244)
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Recipe of the Month - October 2006
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Teacher's choice.

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup apple juice or milk
1 cup chopped apples
1/2 - 1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins

Vanilla Glaze:
1 cup icing sugar
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. milk

Instructions:
To make cookies: Preheat oven to 375 F. Combine flour and baking soda in medium bowl. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and egg. Add half the flour to the butter mixture and blend well. Mix in juice or milk. Add the apples, nuts and raisins to the remaining flour. Add this apple mixture to the butter mixture. Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are firm.
To make glaze: Blend all ingredients together until smooth. While cookies are hot, spread with vanilla glaze. Makes 3 dozen.

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