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flour whole wheat flour cinnamon baking soda salt ground ginger allspice butter brown sugar eggs applesauce raisins powdered sugar apples water lemon juice sugar cinnamon
Viewed: 7 - Published at: 2 months agoIngredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup applesauce, recipe follows
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
- Powdered sugar, for garnish
- 6 apples, McIntosh preferred
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, optional
Method
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients and set aside.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter.
- Add the brown sugar and continue creaming.
- Then add the eggs and applesauce mixing well.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and raisins to make dough.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet (save those butter papers!)
- and bake until light golden brown, about 9 to13 minutes.
- The cookies do not brown very much.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Peel and core apples and cut into quarters.
- Place them in an enamel sauce pan with the water and lemon juice then bring to a boil then turn the heat down slightly and simmer 30 minutes to break them down and get them to thicken.
- Take off the heat and stir in the sugar and cinnamon, if using.
