Robbie's Recipe Collection: Applesauce Cookies


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Applesauce Cookies
One of my favorite cookies grandma always
had around for us to snack on!

Recipe By: Anna Lou Bublick (Robbie's grandma)
Serves: 48
Prep. Time: 9:00

2 cups chunky applesauce
3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cloves
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
1/2 cup cold coffee
1 cup chopped raisins OR chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.)

-Spoon applesauce into a cheesecloth-lined sieve; set aside to drain.
-Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; set aside.
-With an electric mixer, cream together sugar, shortening, and eggs.
-Stir in coffee.
-Slowly beat dry mixture into wet mixture.
-Fold in strained applesauce, raisins/dates, and nuts by hand.
-Refrigerate batter 8 hours or overnight.
-Drop cold batter, 1 heaping tsp. at a time, onto a lightly greased cookie sheet 2" apart.
-Bake in a 375 degree oven for 9-12 minutes, until finger pressed in center barely leaves an impression.

This recipe is very close to our Great Grammy Russell's applesauce cookie. She lived in Willard, Ohio. We requested these cookies for all visits. She still made them at age 93. They were our favorites. I am going to dig out her faded, hand written recipe and compare it to yours. I am so thrilled to find your recipe. I will share it with the family. From Mary Russell
The cookies were great my kids loved them. your Grandmother really knows how to cook a good snack.
It was so great you should get a reward for that really really really really really really really really really really really really
it was really gooey!