apple cookies

1/2 c butter
1 1/2 . brown sugar
1 egg
2 c flour
1 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. ground cloves
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/4 c apple juice or milk
1 c. finely chopped peeled apple
1 c. raisins
apple glaze

Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy; beat in egg  Sift flour with soda, salt, cinnamon cloves, and nutmeg.  Add to creamed mixture alternately with liquid.  Fold in chopped apple and raisins.  Drop by level tablespoonfuls on a well-greased cookie sheet  Bake at 400 in oven for 10 minutes.  Remove and spread with following apple glaze while still warm  4 1/2 dozen

Cream together 2 T. soft butter and 1 1/2 c. sifted powder sugar.  Beat in 1/4 t. vanilla, dash of salt and 2 1/2 T. apple juice or milk to make a good consistency for spreading.