Prize Winning Apple Spice Drop Cookies Recipes

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 BUTTER SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• Set aside.
• Combine sugar and shortening.
• Cream until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg.
• Stir in apple butter.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto lightly greased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Cool on racks.

APPLE SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Place the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until combined, about 2 minutes. Add the maple syrup, vanilla and egg. Beat on medium speed until homogenous, about 1 minute more.
• Whisk together the flour, apple pie spice, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Pour half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture and beat on low speed until combined. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients until a loose, wet dough comes together. Allow the dough to rest for about 10 minutes in the refrigerator; it will thicken slightly as the flour becomes hydrated.
• Using a 3-tablespoon size scoop, make large mounds of dough on the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 3 inches of space between each cookie. Place an apple ring on top of each mound and press gently down to secure. Generously sprinkle each apple slice with sanding sugar.
• Bake the cookies until deeply golden brown, about 15 minutes, rotating the tray halfway through the baking time. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack.