Spiced Apple Drop Cookies

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

Ingredients:

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

CINNAMON FROSTING
1/2 cup Pillsbury® Reduced Sugar Vanilla Frosting
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation Directions:

1. HEAT oven to 375° F. Spray cookie sheets with no-stick 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. For cinnamon frosting: Place frosting and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon into the corner of a 1-quart freezer bag. Knead to combine. Seal bag. Microwave 5 seconds on HIGH power. Snip small edge off bag corner. Drizzle cooled cookies with frosting. Sprinkle with additional ground cinnamon.