Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

Name: Spiced Apple Drop Cookies
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

12 ingredients

4 steps

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.