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Sugar-Free Applesauce Cookies

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Glen Oaks Inn, Intervale, NH

Who says cookies need loads of sugar to taste delicious? These Sugar-Free Applesauce Cookies are soft, comforting, and full of cozy homemade flavor. Applesauce keeps them moist and naturally sweet, making them the kind of treat you can happily enjoy with afternoon coffee, tuck into lunchboxes, or sneak straight from the cooling rack. Bonus: your kitchen will smell absolutely amazing while they bake!

No one will know these Sugar-Free Applesauce Cookies are, well, sugar free! 

Ingredients
1-3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of kosher salt
1/2 cup of butter
1 tablespoon sugar substitute
1 large egg
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup of raisins
1 cup bran cereal (any type you have around)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment.
  2. Mix the ingredients together until they are well combined. 
  3. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheet depending on the size of cookie you are looking for. To make the sizes more uniform, use an ice cream scoop to measure each cookie and then flatten them. 
  4. Bake for 20 minutes.

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Under the guiding hand of its first editor, Robert B. Thomas, the premiere issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac was published in 1792 during George Washington’s first term as president.Today, the Almanac...