These applesauce cookies are very moist and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. People rave about them! They make a great after-school snack or a tasty cookie on your Christmas cookie tray.
Ingredients
- packed brown sugar: 1 cup
- butter: 0.75 cup
- egg: 1 piece
- applesauce: 1 cup
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
- ground cinnamon: 0.75 tsp
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.25 tsp
- ground cloves: 0.25 tsp
- walnuts: 1 cup (chopped)
- raisins: 1 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
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Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in egg, and then applesauce until well blended. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into applesauce mixture. Fold in walnuts and raisins.
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Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
