Glazed apple gems

50 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter or margarine
1⅓cupBrown sugar, packed
1Egg
1largeApple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1cupRaisins
1cupNuts, finely chopped
¼cupApple juice
1teaspoonGrated lemon peel
3cupsAll purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonCinnamon
1teaspoonNutmeg
cupPowdered sugar, sifted
3tablespoonsApple or lemon juice
1tablespoonButter

Directions

LORELI AGUDA WSKD49A

GLAZE

Cream butter with sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in egg, apples, raisins, nuts, apple juice and lemon peel. Blend in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well. Drop dough by teaspoons on greased cookie sheet and bake at 375~ for 10 to 12 minutes. Prepare glaze by mixing indredients in food processor or blender. Transfer to bowl. Remove cookies from oven. Let cool slightly on wire rack. Dip top of each warm cookie into glaze swirling to cover. Return to rack and cool completely. Store in airtight container.