MOMMOM'S APPLESAUCE COOKIES

MomMom's Applesauce Cookies image

My MomMom shared this recipe for me, and I have never used another applesauce cookie recipe since. I would have never thought to use cold coffee in a recipe. She did this with other recipes, too! Enjoy!

Provided by Tonichele

Time 2h55m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 cups applesauce
½ cup cold coffee
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves

Steps:

Beat brown sugar, shortening, and eggs together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add applesauce and coffee; beat until smooth.
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl; add to the wet ingredients and stir until the mixture comes together into a cookie dough.
Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
Scoop dough by rounded teaspoon onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake in preheated oven until the cookie tops bounce back when lightly pressed with a fingertip, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets for 10 minute before moving to wire cooling racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 227.5 calories, Carbohydrate 34.4 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 161.4 mg, Sugar 20 g