Name: MomMom's Applesauce Cookies recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups packed brown sugar;1 cup shortening;2 eggs;2 cups applesauce;½ cup cold coffee;3 ½ cups all-purpose flour;1 teaspoon baking soda;1 teaspoon salt;1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;1 teaspoon ground nutmeg;1 teaspoon ground cloves

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Ingredients

2 cups packed brown sugar 1 cup shortening 2 eggs 2 cups applesauce ½ cup cold coffee 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Nutrition Info

227.5 calories carbohydrate: 34.4 g cholesterol: 15.5 mg fat: 9.2 g fiber: 0.8 g protein: 2.5 g saturatedFat: 2.3 g servingSize: - sodium: 161.4 mg sugar: 20 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Beat brown sugar, shortening, and eggs together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add applesauce and coffee, beat until smooth.
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl, add to the wet ingredients and stir until the mixture comes together into a cookie dough.
Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
Scoop dough by rounded teaspoon onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake in preheated oven until the cookie tops bounce back when lightly pressed with a fingertip, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets for 10 minute before moving to wire cooling racks to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

My MomMom shared this recipe for me, and I have never used another applesauce cookie recipe since. I would have never thought to use cold coffee in a recipe. She did this with other recipes, too! Enjoy!

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