Old-fashioned applesauce cookies feature a delicious vanilla icing and chopped pecans. Feel free to replace the pecans with walnuts or another chopped nut. I like these applesauce cookies because they’re quick and easy drop cookies, and the vanilla icing is the perfect finishing touch.
Applesauce Cookies With Vanilla Icing
A vanilla icing is the perfect topping for these soft applesauce cookies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies, Drop Cookies, Apples, Pecans
Ingredients
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Vanilla Icing
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the flour, soda, spices, and salt; stir to blend and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat together the brown sugar and shortening until smooth and fluffy; beat in the applesauce, egg, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Stir in the flour and spice mixture until well blended. Fold in the raisins or chopped nuts.
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 400 F.
- Drop the dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until set.
- Immediately remove the cookies to racks and let them cool.
- In a bowl, combine the 4 tablespoons of butter with the confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Beat to blend with enough milk or half-and-half to make a thin icing.
- Spread the icing on the cooled cookies. If desired, sprinkle with extra chopped pecans.