Best Spicy Pear Cookies Recipes

SPICY PEAR COOKIES

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Delicious, rich flavor with or without frosting. Top with walnut halves for a fancy touch.

Provided by Cheryl Statt

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pear - peeled, cored and diced
½ cup raisins
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
2 ½ tablespoons lemon juice

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In large bowl, beat margarine and sugar untill smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger; mix into batter. Stir in chopped pears, chopped nuts and raisins.
Drop about two inches apart by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets and bake 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown and center springs back when lightly touched. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice and mix until smooth. Spoon icing over coookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.8 calories, Carbohydrate 52.9 g, Cholesterol 28.7 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 104.4 mg, Sugar 37.3 g

SPICY PEAR COOKIES

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Categories Cookies Dessert Bake Quick & Easy Pear Fall

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pear - peeled, cored and diced
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In large bowl, beat margarine and sugar untill smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger; mix into batter. Stir in chopped pears, chopped nuts and raisins. Drop about two inches apart by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets and bake 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown and center springs back when lightly touched. Remove to wire racks to cool. Combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice and mix until smooth. Spoon icing over cookies.

SPICY PEAR COOKIES

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Make and share this Spicy Pear Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by JamesDeansGirl

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 1h10m

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar or 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup pear juice (GOYA) or 1/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup peeled ripe pear, finely chopped (1 medium)
1 cup walnuts or 1 cup almonds
36 whole cloves
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
3 -4 tablespoons pear juice or 3 -4 tablespoons milk

Steps:

COOKIES: Preheat oven to 375*F.
Cream the butter and both sugars in a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, scraping the bowl often, until creamy (about 2-3 minutes).
Add the pear nectar and the egg; continue beating until well mixed (1-2 minutes).
Reduce mixer speed to low; stir in the flour, pie spice, and baking soda.
Mix until well blended (1-2 minutes).
Stir in the pear and pecans by hand.
To form each cookie, drop 1 rounded tsp.
of dough onto parchment paper-lined cookie sheets; drop 1/2 tsp.
of dough next to, but not touching, the larger piece of dough.
Place 1 clove into the smaller piece of dough to resemble a stem.
Repeat with remaining dough, spacing the cookies 2" apart on the sheets.
Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until set.
Cool completely on wire racks.
MAKE THE FROSTING: Combine all the frosting ingredients (except the pear nectar) in a small bowl.
Beat with an electric mixer on low speed, adding enough pear nectar to reach desired spreading consistency.
Frost the cooled cookies.