Fresh Apple Cookies

These cookies are great any time of year.  I make them for the kids with out nuts.  (they go to a nut free school)  They are moist, spicy and delicious!

1/2 cup butter
1-1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
2-1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 cup apple juice, pineapple juice, orange juice or milk
1 cup chopped, unpeeled raw apple
1/2 to 1 cup chopped walnuts, filberts or pecans
1 cup raisins

• Cream the butter, cream in the sugar, and beat in the egg
• Sift the dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture along with the juice or milk
• Stir in the apple, nuts, and raisins
• Push the dough from the tip of a teaspoon with the back of another onto a buttered cookie sheet, leaving about 1-1/2 inches between each cookie
• Bake in a preheated 375F oven 10 to 12 minutes or until a light brown

Yields about 4 dozen cookies.


-Queenie Cuisine