Apple Pumpkin Healthy Cookies

Lori Anderson's Note:

This is a spicy yummy healthy cookie that your kids and you will enjoy. I am trying to concoct a "breakfast cookie" for on-the-go mornings.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 18

Yield: 2.0 cookies

• ½ cup butter
• 1⁄3; cup brown sugar
• 2⁄3; cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups applesauce
• ¾ cup canned pumpkin
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 ½ cups oatmeal
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. cream butter, sugars, egg and vanilla together add apples and pumpkin and mix.
2. add dry ingrdients and mix.
3. Batter will be moist.
4. place by rounded tablespoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets.
5. makes 3 dozen cookies.
6. Bake cookies in preheated 350 degree overn for 12 to 15 minutes.

Reviews

[EMcooks]

I'm really enjoying these soft, moist little cookies. I ended up using 1/3 cup of applesauce and then sliced up an apple into tiny pieces to add at the end. I think the consistency of the batter was just right and would have been too runny with the extra applesauce, plus the little bites of apple make them taste like "Fall" as my DH said. I decided to also use 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup white flour, and 1 cup oats because I didn't want them to be too much like oatmeal cookies. Overall, I'm very happy with them and will make them again when I want a taste of Fall!

[Jaki Jean]

A cookie all on its own. This is not a regular cookie, it's moist and delicious, and definitely hits the spot!! I fallowed the recipe except for using white flour instead of whole wheat, and baked off half of them. Adding some pumpkin seeds and raisins to the remainder of the dough was the best decision I made so far today. If you rehydrate the raisins for 5-10 min before adding them they will be so yummy!

[Lori Ann D]

These are very yummy and will make a nice afterschool snack for my son! I was also confused about all the references to chopped apples. I used applesauce per the recipe and the results were great. And they made the house smell fabulous!! :)