Cookie Recipes
Applesauce Jumbles with Browned Butter Glaze
Yield: 5 dozen
Ingredients
Jumbles
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup seedless raisins
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
Browned Butter Glaze
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
Jumbles
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Mix together all ingredients. If dough is soft, cover and refrigerate until a little firmer.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoonsful about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched - about 10 minutes.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool and spread with Browned Butter Glaze.
Browned Butter Glaze
- Heat butter over low heat until golden brown.
- Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract.
- Beat in 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water until smooth and of desired consistency.