Here they are the ever-popular Applesauce cookies! Something about baking with apples evokes that down-home, cozy comfort food feeling. So, if you are nostalgic for a childhood memory or want to make a new one, you will enjoy these soft and moist apple applesauce cookies.
More old-fashioned cookies to enjoy include ginger creams and french short bread cookies.
I love cooking with applesauce; it’s a great natural sweetener and perfect for easy cookie recipes.
Small-batch cookies are easy to make and taste much better than store-bought. And you won’t have an abundance of cookies tempting you!
The recipe card below lists the ingredient quantities and step-by-step easy instructions for these wonderful old-fashioned applesauce cookies.
Helpful How-To’s
- You can easily double the recipe if you prefer a larger batch of cookies.
- No mixer is needed; you only need a wooden spoon, measuring cup, and bowl.
- Use a cookie scoop to bake uniform-size cookies that will bake evenly.
- This recipe uses 1/4 cup of shortening. However, you can use a 50/50 of unsalted butter and shortening.
- Sprinkle a little powdered sugar on the cooled cookies for a pretty presentation.
Other tasty cookies from a bygone era are my Bisquick Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Snickerdoodles.
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Applesauce Cookies
Ingredients
Recipe Directions
- Mix the shortening, sugar, and egg until well combined and smooth.
- Stir in the applesauce and coffee, mix to blend.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cloves,and cinnamon. mix well.
- Fold in the raisins.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit.
- Use a small cookie scoop to drop dough onto the parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool for a couple minutes before transferring to a cooling rack