Best Johnny Appleseed Cookies Recipes

JOHNNY APPLESEED COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and cream.
• Add vanilla.
• Stir in combined flour, soda and salt.
• Beat until combined, then chill dough.
• When chilled, roll dough out about 1/8- inch thick.
• Cut into about 48 rounds (You need an even number of rounds.
• Place half the cookie dough rounds on ungreased baking sheet.
• Put a heaping teaspoon of apple butter in the center of each round.
• Top with remaining cookie dough rounds to make a sandwich.
• Crimp edges all around with tines of a fork.
• Prick centers (this allows the steam to be released).
• Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.

JOHNNY APPLESEED COOKIES

Steps:

• * "Different and delicious! If you don't want to frost, just sprinkle tops with a little powdered sugar." Have Ready: 1. Turn on the oven to 375°.2. Lightly grease baking sheets with a paper towel dipped in shortening.3. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt in the small mixer bowl. Stir with a spoon and set aside.4. Combine apples, raisins and sunflower seed in a separate small bowl set aside.5. Combine brown sugar, butter or margarine and egg in the large mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until well mixer, stopping the mixer and scraping the bowl several times. Beat in half of the flour mixture, then all of the apple juice, then the rest of the flour, stopping the mixer and scraping the bowl several times. Add the fruit-seed mixture and mix well.6. Drop one level tablespoonful of dough at a time on the baking sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart.7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Lift with a pancake turner to a wire rack to cool.8. Frost each cookie with 1 teaspoon frosting. Let frosting set about 1 hour before storing between layers of waxed paper in a loosely-covered container in a cool place.