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Apple Sauce Cookies

From a vintage recipe box found at an estate sale

As written on the card

Front

Apple Sauce Cookies

½ cup shortening

1 egg

1 teaspoon soda

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup Brown sugar (packed)

1 cup applesauce

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 cup rasins

2½ cups flour (sifted)

Drop on greased cookie sheet + Bake 375° for 15 minutes.

(over)

Back

Frosting

3 tablespoon Oleo

3 ” Brown sugar

Melt Oleo + Brown sugar in sauce pan

1 teaspoon vanilla

add enough Powered sugar to make frosting

Apple Sauce Cookies

Soft applesauce raisin cookies, with a brown-sugar frosting on the back

Drop cookies375°F, 15 minBrown-sugar frosting

Cookies

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 2½ cups sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup raisins

Frosting

  • 3 tablespoons oleo (margarine)
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Powdered sugar

Method

  1. Mix: Cream the shortening and brown sugar, beat in the egg and applesauce, then stir in the flour, soda, salt and cinnamon, and the raisins (the card gives no mixing order; this is the usual one).
  2. Bake: Drop onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375°F for 15 minutes.
  3. Frost: Melt the oleo and brown sugar in a saucepan, add the vanilla, and stir in enough powdered sugar to make a spreadable frosting. Frost the cooled cookies.
Our suggestion (our note, not part of the card)
  • Start checking at 10 to 12 minutes; the cookies are done when the tops spring back.

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