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wassail soft fruit cookies

Soft Apple Cinnamon Cookies With Apple Cider Icing

Amber Bondar
These soft apple cinnamon cookies are made with fresh chopped apple, orange zest, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice, then finished with a thin cinnamon apple cider icing. They are easy drop cookies that bake in 10–12 minutes and make 18 cookies.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Servings 18 Cookies
Calories 220 kcal

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • Measuring Cups
  • Tablespoon
  • Teaspoon
  • Baking Tray
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
  

Wassail Soft Fruit Cookie

  • 2 ½ Cups Flour
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • ½ tsp Cloves
  • ½ tsp Nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp Allspice
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Salted Butter
  • ¾ Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Lrg Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 Tbsp Orange Zest
  • 1 Apple Chopping into small pieces

Apple Cider Icing

  • 1 Cup Icing Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Orange Juice
  • 2 Tbsp Apple Cider
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp Nutmeg

Instructions
 

Apple Cinnamon Cookie Dough

  • In the mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together.
    1 Cup Salted Butter, ¾ Cup White Sugar
  • Add in the egg and vanilla blend well.
    1 Lrg Egg, 1 tsp Vanilla
  • Measure all dry ingredients into the same mixing bowl and blend well.
    2 ½ Cups Flour, 1 tsp Cinnamon, ½ tsp Cloves, ½ tsp Nutmeg, ¼ tsp Allspice, ½ tsp Salt
  • Chop apple into small pieces.
    1 Apple
  • Add apple pieces and orange zest to cookie dough.
    2 Tbsp Orange Zest
  • Mix gently and only enough to distribute the apple pieces into the cookie dough evenly.
  • Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet. For more uniform cookies gently press edges to make rounder.
  • Bake in preheated 350℉ oven for 10-12 minutes.
  • Remove from heat to wire rack and let cooll.

Apple Cider Icing

  • In a measuring cup measure the icing ingredients and mix well.
    1 Cup Icing Sugar, 2 Tbsp Orange Juice, 2 Tbsp Apple Cider, ½ tsp Cinnamon, ¼ tsp Nutmeg

Icing the Cookies

  • Drizzle the apple cider icing off the end of a spoon onto the slightly warm cookies.
  • Start in the center of the cookie as the icing will drizzle outwards.
  • Let cookie icing dry and then serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 329IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg
Keyword allspice, apple cider icing, apple cinnamon cookies, apple cookies, Christmas, Christmas baking, fall cookies, fresh apple cookies, soft cookies
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