Applesauce Cookies

We love cookies at our house! Chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, peanut butter cookies! Our favorite cookies though are applesauce cookies. It has always been a hit at our house with my husband, my kids and all the neighborhood kids at our house. They aren't picture perfect cookies, but they are simple and yummy.

This week I walked my daughter through the recipe and let her make them herself. She read the recipe. She measured out the ingredients. She also put them on the pan, put the pan in the oven and set the timer. She did a great job. She still doesn't like to take things out of the oven so she left that part to me. When we were done our entire family started eating them. Luckily it makes a lot so I still had some left to take a picture of them. (Like I said, they are not very pretty cookies, but they are really good!) Here's our yummy recipe

Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies

     1/2 cup margarine, softened (has to be margarine -butter makes the cookies too dry)
     2 eggs
     1 tsp. baking soda
     1/2 tsp. cinnamon
     1/2 tsp. cloves
     1/2 tsp. nutmeg
     1/2 tsp. salt
     2 cups flour
     1 cup sugar
     1 cup unsweetened applesauce
     1 cup nuts (optional - we never use them)
     1 pkg. semi sweet chocolate chips (semi sweet tastes much better than milk chocolate chips in these                                                                    cookies)

     Mix the applesauce and baking soda together. Mix sugar, margarine and eggs. Mix in applesauce mixture. Then add the flour and spices that have been sifted together. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 9 to 12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen.

Try these cookies and see if you agree. Easy, yummy and a great way to have the kids help in the kitchen!