Cinnamon Applesauce Cookies
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Cinnamon Applesauce Cookies
Description
The Cinnamon Applesauce Cookies recipe starts by preparing homemade applesauce from peeled, cored, and chopped apples cooked with water, lemon juice, and a small amount of sugar until softened and thickened. The cookie dough mixes room-temperature butter and brown sugar creamed together with an egg, then combines with sifted cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Applesauce is folded into the dry ingredients to achieve a moist batter.
The batter is dropped by spoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheets and baked at 400°F (200°C) for about 10–12 minutes until the edges turn lightly golden. The cookies develop a soft texture with a gentle cinnamon flavor and a moist, tender crumb enhanced by the applesauce.
These cookies keep well stored in a cool, dry place and benefit from resting a day before eating to develop their flavor and texture fully. Optionally, they can be dusted with powdered sugar for presentation.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter 105 grams, room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar 200 grams, lightly packed
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 2 cups cake flour 230 grams, or substitute with all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt if using unsalted butter add ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup applesauce 200 grams, thick, unsweetened or very lightly sweetened, store bought or homemade
HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE
- 4 medium apple peeled, cored and chopped
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400° (200° celsius), line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE (makes approximately 2 cups) 400 grams)
- In a medium pot add chopped apples, water and lemon juice, cover and cook on low for approximately 15-20 minutes or until apples are soft, add 1 tablespoon sugar mash with a potato masher and continue cooking on low for approximately 5 minutes or until thickened. Let cool. Refrigerate unused applesauce, use within a week.
- Sift cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl cream together butter and brown sugar add egg blend about 2 minutes, add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce, combine until just combined.
- Drop batter by spoonfuls (about the size of a golf ball) on prepared cookie sheets, bake for approximately 10-12 minutes until lightly golden. Keep in cool dry place, best if let to sit for 1 day before eating. (If you can wait) Enjoy! Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
- To make cake flour substitute, replace 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour with 2 tablespoons cornstarch per cup and sift well to remove lumps.
- For best texture, let cookies rest for a day before eating.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 152 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 152kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 177mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 99mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1.7mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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