mommom's applesauce cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• wet ingredients:
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups applesauce
• 1/2 cup cold coffee
• dry ingredients:
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 55 mins


• 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 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.