Spicy Pear Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    COOKIES
    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 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup almonds
    36 whole cloves
    FROSTING
    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
Preparation
    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.

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