Apple Jacks

These delicious waldorf-salad-like cookies look very festive for the holidays.

• 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
• 3/4 cup Mayonnaise
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups chopped Red Apples (core, but do NOT peel)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped Celery
• 1 cup chopped Walnuts
• 2 3/4 cups Flour
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1. Cream sugar, mayo, eggs and vanilla together in large mixing bowl.
2. Add apples, celery and walnuts.
3. Mix flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon together in a small bowl and gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake in preheated 350 degree fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
6. Move cookies to waxed paper for cooling.
7. When cookies have cooled, drizzle with Cookie Icing in a crisscross pattern.

COOKIE ICING:

Mix 1/2 Cup sifted Powdered Sugar, 2 tsp milk, and 1 tsp light corn syrup until smooth.

To thin the icing, add more syrup as needed.  NOTE:  Remember not to peel the apples.  The red peel of the apples along with the green celery add festive color to the cookies.  Any red apple will work, but I prefer the slightly tarter Melrose apple when available.

- Thanks Victor and Lori!

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