Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup butter flavor all-vegetable shortening sticks crisco®
• 1 large eggs 
• 1 cup apples i use 2 granny smith apples shredded peeled
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.1 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 0.5 cup reduced sugar vanilla frosting pillsbury®
• 1 cup walnuts chopped
• 18.3 ounce reduced sugar cake mix yellow pillsbury®

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer
• microwave

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
2. Combine cake mix and shortening in a medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until a coarse meal forms.
3. Sprinkle spices over mixture.
4. Add apple, walnuts and egg, mixing on low speed until a smooth dough forms. Drop tablespoonsfuls of dough 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
5. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool for 1 minute.
6. Remove to cooling rack.
7. Place frosting and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon into the corner of a 1-quart resealable food storage bag. Knead to combine. Seal bag. Microwave 5 seconds on HIGH (100% power). Snip small edge off bag corner. Squeeze bag to drizzle cooled cookies with frosting.
8. Sprinkle with additional ground cinnamon.