Applesauce Cookies

Oh Boy!


½ stick unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
½ cup chunky-style applesauce
1½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon coarse salt
1 cup golden raisins
¼ teaspoon cinnamonPreheat oven to 350˚F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and place parchment paper until a wire cooling rack.
Mix the butter and sugars on low speed in the bowl of a standing mixer until combined.
Add egg and applesauce and beat for about 2 to 3 minutes, until thoroughly blended.
Mix in the dry ingredients — oats, flour, baking soda and powder, and salt — and then stir in the raisins.
Drop 1½-inch balls of dough onto your baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
Bake until golden and just set, 13 to 15 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring them to the wire rack. Let cookies cool completely.

Soft Sugar Cookies

Wantonly delicious.

2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream together the butter, shortening and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla.

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture until dough comes together. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and roll the balls in sugar. Place them on an unprepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottom is light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.