Spicy Iced Applesauce Cookies
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Spicy Iced Applesauce Cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 0.3 cup packed brown sugar
- 0.3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 0.3 cup applesauce
- 1 egg
- 2 0.3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg
- 0.5 tsp ground cloves
Instructions
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Icing -- (recipe follows) Colored sugar if desired ICING 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Dash salt Beat brown sugar, butter, applesauce and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except Icing and colored sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour until chilled. Heat oven to 375º. Grease cookie sheet. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on floured cloth-covered surface. Cut with 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters. Place Page 205 cookies about 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with Icing. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Let icing dry about 2 hours before stacking cookies. ICING: Sprinkle gelatin on cold water in 1 1/2-quart saucepan to soften. Stir in granulated sugar. Heat to rolling boil; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour hot mixture over powdered sugar in small bowl; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in remaining ingredients on high speed, scraping bowl frequently, until soft peaks form and icing is glossy. ____________________ Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker® Recipe. You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker® cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results are expected. "© General Mills, Inc. 1998." "36 Cookies" "1:00" Protein; 22g Carbohydrate; 9mg Cholesterol; 87mg Sodium Other Carbohydrates Cut shapes as close together as possible; that way, you'll get more cookies out of your dough. The icing comes out snowy white and stays white even when it hardens; it would make a great icing to use for decorating gingerbread houses. 0 0