Glazed Fresh Apple Drop Cookies

Ingredients for Cookie:

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 cup shortening

1 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 egg, unbeaten

1/2 cups chopped pecans

1/2 cup finely chopped raisins

1 cup chopped apple

1/4 cup apple juice or milk

Ingedients for glaze:

1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 tablespoon butter

1/4 teaspoon vanilla 

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 tablespoons evaporated milk

 Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake cookies 11 to 14 min. Sift flour with soda. Mix shortening, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and egg until well blended. Stir in half the flour mixture, then nuts, apple, and raisins. Blend in apple juice or milk, then the remaining flour. Drop on a greased cookie sheet or a cookie sheet line with parchment paper. While the cookies are still hot spread thinly with glaze.