Oatmeal Raisin Applesauce Cookies

Submitted by Chef Doodle

"Modified from a recipe from lifescript.com"

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 24 cookies
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄3 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup raisins

directions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F Lightly grease cooking sheet.
2. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and both sugars together. Beat until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the applesauce, egg and vanilla and mix until blended about 2 minutes. Add the flour to the applesauce mixture and mix well. Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir in the oats and raisins.
4. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets about two inches apart.
5. Bake until slightly golden, about 10 to 12 minutes.
6. Remove the baking sheets from the oven and cool on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove the cookies and cool completely.

Reviews

[rosie4540]

Calling these cookies is a little generous, they taste more like an oat muffin to me. However,considering these are meant to be more healty, you can't compare to a normal oatmeal cookie. They are good for what they are but I have some suggestions that I learned from making them. They will not spread at all like a normal cookie, so I would recommend flattening them before baking. Whatever shape you put in the oven is what they will come out looking like. I added walnuts and a raisin assortment which was nice. After the first batch I added cinnamon to the batter because I thought it was a bit bland. They recipes is forgiving and if you like spices I think allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon would work nicely. I made this for my boyfriend who doesn't like sweets so I cut the sugar in half which was still good but may also be contributing to why this is tasting like a muffin. They baked for about 8 minutes in my oven.

 

[mschez]

These were good and easy. I used dried cherries because that is what I had. They baked for 8 minutes in my oven.

 

[Michigan-fan]

Great cookie! We did some substitutions, though: we used all purpose flour, and used craisins in place of the raisins. Absolutely fabulous! We will make this again - especially for the ones that don't like chocolate (GASP!). We doubled it and it made 27 3-inch cookies. Very fluffy, too (which is perfect for this type of cookie, where I usually don't like cake-like cookies).

 

[SunsetHappy]

5 stars for adaptability and chewy goodness! I actually started off making applesauce low fat brownies and then realized I was out of cocoa midway through! Luckily, I found your recipe which was quite similar. Since I already had 3/4 cup applesauce in my mixture I just kept adding oats until it started sticking, then, because they still weren't sticking very well and I didn't want to keep adding more oats, I stirred in about 1/4 cup natural peanut butter. They turned out fantastic! 10 min. was perfect in my oven and I had 26 large cookies. Also, don't be fooled by the higher fat/calorie content listed. That's for four servings, meaning you'd be eating six cookies (though, let's be honest, that does seem quite accurate, now doesn't it?) ;)

 

[windjourney]

These cookies are fabulous! I doubled the recipe, reduced the sugar by one quarter and added a little molasses for flavor. Wow!!!! Thanks