Theresa Fasciana Colella’s Pepper Cookies (Cousin)

Dry ingredients:

3 ¾ cup Flour

1 tea cinnamon

1 tea nutmeg

1 tea cloves

1 tea pepper

¼ tea salt

2 ½ table baking powder

¾ cup cocoa

 

Wet ingredients:

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

½ tea vanilla

¼ cup milk

1 cup applesauce

Cream wet ingredients in Mixmaster

Add blended dry ingredients

Add 1 cup raisins

Add 1 cup walnuts or pecans

Separate into four portions

Roll into 1” logs, cut 1” pieces

Bake 350 on greased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes

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Frosting:

3 tablespoons melted butter

Pinch of salt

Add 3 ¾ cups of 10x sugar

Add 1/8 teaspoon of orange extract

Whip and ice with your finger