Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

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
• 1/2 cup frosting
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 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.