Apple Sauce Cookies

Author

Unknown

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Recipe

Measurements	Ingredients
1 cup	Shortening
1 cup	Brown Sugar
2	Eggs
½ cup	Cold Coffee
2 ½ cups	Applesauce
3 ½ cups	Flour
1 teaspoon	Baking Soda
1 teaspoon	Salt
1 teaspoon each	Nutmeg, Cloves
½ cup	Raisins
½ cup	Chopped Nuts
or

Measurements	Ingredients
½ Cup	Shortening
1 Cup	Brown Sugar
1	Egg
¼ Cup	Cold Coffee
1 Cup	Well-Drained Thick Apple Sauce
1 ¾ Cup	Gold Medal Flour
½ Teaspoon	Soda
½ Teaspoon	Salt
½ Teaspoon	Nutmeg
½ Teaspoon	Cloves
½ Teaspoon	Cinnamon
½ Cup	Raisins
¼ Cup	Coarsely Chopped Nuts

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Instructions

1. Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly.
2. Stir in applesauce.
3. Mix in dry ingredients.
4. Chill dough for at least 2 hours.
5. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
6. Bake 9 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Cookies should be almost “no imprint” when touched lightly.

or

1. Mix Shortening, Sugar, and Egg thoroughly.
2. Stir in Coffee and Apple Sauce.
3. Mix dry ingredients and stir in to the Apple Sauce mixture.
4. Chill for at least 2 hours.
5. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
6. Bake for 12 minutes, or until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly.

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