Chunky Apple Raisin Cookies

                                                                                

These are delicious and soft too! Loaded with Chopped Apples and Chopped Raisins! This is a great cookie for Fall! Recipes makes 5 Dozen Cookies!

1 Cup Shortening

2 & 2/3 Brown Sugar, I used Dark Brown

2 Eggs Beaten

2 TSP Vanilla

4 Cups Flour

2 TSP. Baking Soda

1 TSP Salt

2 TSP Cinnamon

2 TSP Ginger

2 Cups Peeled and Chopped Apples small dice

2 Cups Chopped Raisins

In your large Mixing Bowl cream Shortening & Brown Sugar together. Now add Eggs & Vanilla & beat again until fluffy. In a large separate bowl stir together your Flour, Salt, Baking Soda & Spices.  Once you have that stirred well slowly beat a little of the mixture at a time into your shortening mixture until half is incorporated. Now beat the apples and raisins into the creamed mixture. Then continually add a little more of the flour mixture until all has been beaten in. be sure that it is completely blended together. Spray your cookie sheets and drop batter by using a heaping tablespoon full onto prepared pans. Keep about 2 inches apart for baking. Bake in a preheated 400 Degree oven for 9 minutes, mine were done at the 9 minute mark! As cookies cool make the following frosting to drizzle over your baked cookies

FROSTNG:

2 Cups Powdered Sugar

3 TBS Butter Melted

1 TSP Vanilla 

Dash of Salt

Milk

Stir together the Sugar & Salt, Melt Butter add that to the sugar mixture along with the vanilla. Add enough Milk to get a soft Frosting that you can drizzle. I add about 2 TBS of Milk then stir. Then I Microwave it on high for 1 minute and then stir again. If still too thick add a little more milk & Microwave for 1 more minutes & then stir.  Now drizzle the frosting over your cookies & let them cool & let frosting harden. REALLY GOOD! Enjoy!