Old-fashioned cookies made with applesauce, oatmeal, cranberries or raisins and topped with a maple syrup icing. They are a cake-like cookie, soft and chewy with warm, inviting flavors like brown sugar and cinnamon.
For a chunkier cookie I refrigerate the batter for an hour to prevent them from spreading. Skip that step if you want a thinner, flatter cookie. I made a pastry bag out of a baggie with the corner snipped off to pipe on the icing, drizzling with a spoon works too, as does filling a squirt bottle.
I love that they only have 4 tablespoons of butter in them and are packed with all the natural goodness of oats and applesauce! It kind of, sort of, evens out all the sugar.
The flavor combination is irresistible! They remind me of something you would eat at Grandma’s house and make me feel all cozy and warm inside.
Old-fashioned cookies with applesauce, oatmeal and raisins topped with a maple syrup icing.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugars, add egg and applesauce, mix until well blended, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Mix in the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt then the raisins or cranberries.
- Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop or 1/4 cup measure, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until golden and just set, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack set over parchment paper; let cool completely.
- Whisk confectioners’ sugar, syrup, and 3 tablespoons water until smooth. Drizzle over cookies, let set.
- *For a thick cookie (like mine) refrigerate batter for an hour before baking, they won’t spread as much.
Notes
Adapted from Martha Stewart
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I am actually afraid of my pantry
These look wonderful and love the drizzle, so pretty 
I don't mind if you purge your pantry!! If this is what we get, then purge away!! They look awesome!
Oh! I love oatmeal cookies, and with applesauce I am sure taste even yummier…the pictures are awesome. Have a great week ahead Reeni
I love these applesauce cookies! The maple in the icing is so good with the oats in the cookies. You just reminded me I have more canned pumpkin to use!
Great cookies. Pantry purging can result in delicious recipes.Mimi