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Grandma's Apple Cookies

By: Sally Hutcheson

"These cookies can be made either drop style or bar style. You can ice them either with confectioners' sugar or butter cream frosting. They are moist and delicious."

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Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
1 cup chopped apples

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream the shortening and brown sugar together. Mix in the egg and milk. Stir in the apples. Add the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg. Stir in the nuts and dates.
Either drop spoonfuls of dough onto a lightly greased cookie sheet or spread dough into a 13x18 inch lightly greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes for the cookies or 20 to 25 minutes for the bars. Let cool then ice, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 239 | Total Fat: 10.5g | Cholesterol: 12mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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Reviewed on Jun. 10, 2003 by LillysMom

DELICIOUS !!! I didn't use the dates or walnuts and instead used 2 cups of apple. VERY moist....

Reviewed on Jun. 20, 2006 by Baricat

Moist and good keepers(if you hide them!). Substituted raisins for the dates. For a quick way...

Reviewed on Sep. 8, 2009 by Kris

Yummmmm!!!! Perfect to make when you have lots of apples from your apple tree....I subbed an...

Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2008 by LAURAMA1230

People really seemed to like these, I wasn't a huge fan. They were kind of cakelike and...

Reviewed on Sep. 21, 2009 by spacedcowgirl

I made this in bar form and instead of using dates & raisins I used dried cranberries and...

Reviewed on Mar. 14, 2011 by Becca

This cookie is amazing!!! They taste like a pumpkin cookie with the twist of apples......

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2010 by chucles70

I put 2 cups of apples in cause we had a whole bunch to use up that we picked about two weeks...

Reviewed on Oct. 29, 2008 by Chrissy

great caky cookie. I did the drop cookies and you really only need 1/2t to make each one. I...

Reviewed on Mar. 4, 2007 by B. Maitreya

These were absolutely delicious! The apple and dates combo worked very well. I doubled the...

Reviewed on Oct. 8, 2005 by TiredMomtoSIX

These were very yummy and a good way to use our fresh picked apples. I made them in bar form....

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