Wassail Soft Fruit Cookies For the Christmas Season
These delectable spiced cookies are full of great wassail flavor and bits of apple. Iced with a sweet apple cider icing the soft cookie is a magical holiday cookie the whole family will love. Be sure to bake extra they are going to be gobbled up in no time!
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
- 2 Measuring Cups
- 1 Tablespoon
- 1 Teaspoon
- 1 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
Wassail Soft Cookie Dough/Baking
- In the mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together.
- Add in the egg blend well.
- Measure all dry ingredients into the same mixing bowl and blend well.
- Chop apple into small pieces.
- Add apple pieces and orange zest to cookie dough.
- 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.
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.
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