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Frosty Applesauce Cookies

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Submitted by Randalld

Frosted applesauce cookies with molasses, bran flakes, raisins, and a boiled caramel frosting. Soft, spiced drop cookies with warm allspice and clove flavors topped with buttery brown sugar icing.

YIELD

60 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

15 min

READY

45 min

Soft, cake-like applesauce cookies with warm spices, chewy raisins, and whole bran flakes for crunch, topped with a homemade caramel frosting that sets into a sweet, glossy shell. These are old-fashioned fall baking at its best.

The applesauce keeps these cookies incredibly moist and soft while adding a subtle fruity sweetness. Combined with molasses, brown sugar, allspice, and cloves, every cookie tastes like autumn in a bite.

The caramel frosting is worth the extra step. Brown sugar boiled in melted butter for just one minute, cooled slightly, then beaten with milk and powdered sugar until smooth. It firms up into a chewy-sweet topping that’s leagues beyond a basic glaze.

Chef Tips

  • Cream the butter and brown sugar thoroughly before adding the wet ingredients. Good creaming creates a lighter, puffier cookie.
  • Fold in the bran flakes gently at the end. Crushing them turns them to dust and you lose the crunch.
  • Cool the cookies completely before frosting. Warm cookies melt the frosting into a sticky puddle.
  • Boil the frosting base for exactly one minute. Longer makes it too thick to spread; shorter and it won’t set properly.

Variations

  • Add chopped walnuts or pecans alongside the raisins for a nuttier cookie.
  • Swap raisins for dried cranberries for a tarter, more festive look.
  • Use chunky applesauce for more visible apple pieces in each cookie.

Ingredients

1 237
CUP ML BUTTER
1 237
CUP ML BROWN SUGAR *
1 1
LARGE EACH EGG
8 ½ 245.7
OUNCES ML/G APPLESAUCE
1 15
TABLESPOON ML MOLASSES
2 473
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML SALT
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML BAKING POWDER
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML ALLSPICE
ground
¼ 1.3
TEASPOON ML CLOVES
ground
1 237
CUP ML BRAN FLAKES CEREAL
whole
1 237
Caramel frosting
½ 118
CUP ML BROWN SUGAR
packed *
¼ 59
CUP ML BUTTER
or margarine, melted
3 ½ 53
TABLESPOONS ML MILK
1 ½ 355
CUPS ML POWDERED SUGAR
sifted

Directions

Cream butter and brown sugar well.

Blend in egg, applesauce and molasses.

Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and spices and stir into batter.

Fold in cereal and raisins.

Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) F oven for 15 minutes.

Cool and frost with caramel frosting.

Frosing: Add brown sugar to butter; boil and stir for 1 minute.

Cool slightly. Beat in milk.

Add confectioner’s sugar and beat until smooth.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 21g (0.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 71 51% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 2g 12%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 13mg 4%
Sodium 53mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 3% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 1% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Low Sodium
 

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