Apple Saucers

Name: Apple Saucers
Yield: Makes about 18 6-inch monster cookies, or 2½ dozen 2½-inch cookies
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon lemon extract (optional); 2 eggs; 1 cups (packed) light or dark brown sugar; 1 cups (packed) light or dark brown sugar; ½ cup vegetable shortening, or ¼ cup vegetable shortening and ¼ cup butter, at room temperature; ½ cup vegetable shortening, or ¼ cup vegetable shortening and ¼ cup butter, at room temperature; ½ cup vegetable shortening, or ¼ cup vegetable shortening and ¼ cup butter, at room temperature; 1½ cups chopped, peeled, firm tart apples (about 2 medium apples); Big pinch (⅛ teaspoon) ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 2 to 3 tablespoons apple or orange juice; 2 to 3 tablespoons apple or orange juice; 1½ cups sifted confectioners’ (10X) sugar; 1 tablespoon very soft butter; ¼ cup apple or orange juice; ¼ cup apple or orange juice; 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1 cup regular or quick-cooking rolled oats; 1 cup regular or quick-cooking rolled oats; 1 cup raisins or currants; 1 cup raisins or currants; 1½ cups chopped, peeled, firm tart apples (about 2 medium apples)

Preparation info

Makes about
18
6 inch monster cookies cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

Saucer-size or smaller, spiced, raisined, and rich with apples, these fruit discs may be left plain or may be glazed. Either way, they’re an autumn celebration when the first tart and flavorful apples come to hand.

Ingredients

½ cup vegetable shortening, or ¼ cup vegetable shortening and ¼ cup

Cookies
Autumn
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F, with an oven rack in the center position. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
In a mixing bowl (using a wooden spoon) or in the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the shortening (or shortening and butter) until soft. Then beat