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Spiced Apple Drop Cookies 

Prep time: 30 min
Cook Time: 13 min
Yield: 3 1/2 dozen

Ingredients:

Crisco® Butter No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 (18.25 oz.)box Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Yellow Cake
1/3stick Crisco® Butter Shortening Sticks
OR 1/3 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening
1teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2teaspoon ground ginger
1/8teaspoon ground cloves
1cup peeled and shredded Granny Smith apple (about 1 large)
1cup chopped walnuts
1 large egg
CINNAMON FROSTING
1/2cup Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Vanilla Frosting
1/4teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation Directions:

1.HEAT oven to 375°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. Sprinkle spices over mixture. 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.
3.BAKE 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool for 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack.
4.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. Sprinkle with additional ground cinnamon.