Cookie Break
Heaven knows, there's no shortage of cookie recipes this time of year, and most of us have plenty. Still, we buy food magazines, search cookbooks and scour websites with cookie countdowns. We just can't seem to get enough. But why is it that, despite all the cookie recipes we amass, our mom's and grandma's recipes are the ones we pull out? Maybe it's because the holidays are not really about cookies but about memories and tradition and family. Here, then, is an old-fashioned cookie recipe that, although not handed down through generations, tastes like it was. For more cookie recipes, old-fashioned and new, go to relishmag.com
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Old-Fashioned Applesauce Raisin Cookies
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Ingredients
| 3/4 | cup shortening |
| 1 | cup packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 | cup applesauce |
| 1 | egg |
| 2 1/2 | cups all-purpose flour |
| 1/2 | teaspoon baking soda |
| 1/2 | teaspoon salt |
| 3/4 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1/4 | teaspoon ground cloves |
| 1/2 | cup chopped raisins |
| 1/2 | cup chopped walnuts |
Instructions
| 1. | Preheat oven to 375F. |
| 2. | Mix together shortening, brown sugar, applesauce and egg until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves then stir into applesauce mixture. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets. Top each with walnuts and raisins. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Yield: 2 dozen. |
Nutritional Information
Per cookie: 160 calories, 8g fat, 2g prot., 21g carbs., 1g fiber, 80mg sodium.
Recipe courtesy of Wildflowers Inn B & B, www.wildflowersinn.com
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