Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
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1 cup (2 sticks room temperature) Butter unsalted
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1/2 cup (106 g) Light brown sugar
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1/2 cup (99 g) Sugar white
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3 TBSP Apple cider
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1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
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2-3/4 cups (330 g) All purpose flour
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1 tsp Baking powder
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1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
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1/4 tsp Ground cloves
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1/2 tsp All spice
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1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
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1 apple diced Granny Smith apples
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1/2 cup Raisins
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1/2 cup Chopped walnuts
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To squeeze onto diced apple pieces - Lemon juice
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Apple Cider Glaze
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1 cup (110 g) Powdered sugar
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2 TBSP Apple cider
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1/8 tsp Cinnamon
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1/2 tsp All spice
Directions
Apple cider was always in my refrigerator during the fall months when I was growing up in rural Pennsylvania. We had plenty of apple trees orchards everywhere, and the owners of the orchard stands would make homemade apple cider. It was a cloudy, light brown color that smelled of crisp fall apples.
Since apples are ranked as a good source of vitamins, I wanted to know what benefits apple cider contained. Livestrong has an excellent article.
Of course, to make the yummy cider, you need spices; cinnamon, ground cloves, and allspice (sometimes called a Jamaican Pepper). I found a great web site that talks about all kinds of spices called Spice Advice.
Please try some of my other apple recipes:
Fresh Apple and Cranberry Cookies
Here are some of the tools I used for making my cookies:
OXO Good Grips Cookie Scoop, Medium
You can make apple cider yourself. I found a few tasty recipes if you would like to try:
Steps
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Cookie DoughIn a bowl, weigh or measure both sugars and set aside. In another bowl, weigh or measure the flour, baking powder, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and ground cloves, run a whisk through to blend. Dice the Granny apple and squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon on top to keep them from turning brown. |
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In a mixer, blend the butter and sugars for a couple of minutes at medium speed. Add the apple cider and vanilla extract and mix. Turn the mixer down and add the flour mixture about a third at a time; once the flour is incorporated, turn the mixer off. Add the diced apple, raisins, walnuts, and mix through for about a minute. Wrap the top of the bowl with plastic wrap loosely and refrigerate for about 1/2 hour. |
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Preheat oven to 350°. Using a medium cookie scoop, put 12 scoops onto a parchment-lined cookie pan and bake for 14-16 minutes. Leave the cookies on the pan for a minute or two before moving to a cooling rack. |
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Apple Cider GlazeCombine powdered sugar, apple cider, cinnamon, and allspice and mix till smooth consistency. After the cookies have cooled, take a 1/2 tsp of glaze and drizzle over each cookie. |
