Applesauce Jumbles With Browned Butter Glaze

Applesauce Jumbles With Browned Butter Glaze

Course :	Cookies
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	60

Ingredients:

2 3/4	cups	all-purpose flour
1 1/2	cups	light brown sugar -- packed
1	teaspoon	salt
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
3/4	cup	applesauce
1/2	cup	shortening
2	large	eggs
1	teaspoon	ground cinnamon
1	teaspoon	pure vanilla extract
1/4	teaspoon	ground cloves
1	cup	seedless raisins
1	cup	nuts -- chopped
		---BROWNED BUTTER GLAZE---
1/3	cup	margarine
2	cups	confectioners sugar
1 1/2	teaspoons	pure vanilla extract
2	tablespoons	hot water -- up to 4

Preparation:

1. Mix together all ingredients except Glaze. (If dough is soft, cover and refrigerate.) 2. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; bake in preheated 375 F. oven until almost no indentation remains when touched, about 10 minutes. 3. Immediately remove from cookie sheet, cool and spread with Browned Butter Glaze. Browned Butter Glaze 1. Heat margarine over low heat until golden brown. 2. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. 3. Beat in 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water until smooth and of desired consistenc