Applesauce Cookies

Applesauce Cookies with homemade caramel.

Today's Lesson:
Do make homemade caramel.
Don't burn your finger and jam it in your mouth!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of applesauce
• 1 tsp. of baking soda
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. of salt
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1/2 cup of chopped nuts (I went with 1/4 cup of pecans and 1/4 of walnuts)
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp of ground cloves
  

***I did 1 3/4c flour and 1/4c oats.

I also added 1 diced apple b/c I didn't have nuts or chocolate***

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Cream butter and sugar, then add applesauce, blending in.
3. Sift flour with baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
4. Add sifted ingredients to applesauce mixture and stir until smooth.
5. OPT-Add raisins and nuts and stir until combined.
6. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet, spacing the cookies 2 to 3 inches apart.
7. Bake about 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Makes 4 dozen cookies.

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The cookies come out nice and moist, like a muffin top.

Mine only made 2dozen b/c I didn't use a teaspoon to drop. :(

More Yummy Fritters

They look so much better with glaze, don't they?

Update the prep and cook to 30 minutes
(I was a lil off yesterday, huh? lol)

I counted and got 7 slices from the apples I used today and
I used the top and bottom nubs
(made them like nuggets).

Serve warm.

Would also be good with ice cream.

***I used the leftover batter from yesterday and added more milk to make it more wet -
so, they get battered, but are not as thick as a pancake***

2 apples make plenty to snack on for 3 people.

Homemade Apple Fritters - OMG!

Pancake batter (I used Jiffy) and made it a lil wet,

I added a touch sugar and cinnamon.

Cut apples to a thicker slice (I got about 5 slices per apple - 2 apples)

I also used the lil nubs from the bottom .

Dip the apple slices in the batter and cook til golden brown.

Apples are soft, but still have a bite.

I drizzled a glaze over the top

(powder sugar+cinnamon+dash salt and milk).

*you may have batter left over*

They were so GOOD!

cook & prep about 15min

Pantry and Island pics

The Pantry.

It's a smallish armoire (about 5' tall)
I want to build a 4" base to lift it up a bit
(I don't like being able to see over it)
*I don't know if I want to leave the finish or paint it*

My Mini Island.

Made from an older hide away sewing table.
I built a shelf for the base.
I hung baskets under the top for fruits and veg.
Put handles on the sides to hang pots/pans.
I still need to put a clear coat of epoxy over the pennies -
Yes, pennies - just over $8 worth.
I also, want to build a 4" base, to lift it up a little.


***Don't mind the floor, it too is a work in progress***

January

I feel it in my bones.

I see it with every breath.

Cold.




***we've had a very mild winter.
no snow yet, but it's coming.
still cold tho***

I still dunno

*stands uncomfortably. looks around*
Hi. My names Amy.
*clears throat*
I'm a wife of 13 years.
*puts hands in pockets. shuffles feet*
A mom of 2 boys ages 5 and 9.
*deep breath. long pause. another deep breath*
and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
*sits back down*

I got dirty

THE condition on hubs buying me the '54 pickup was -
I would have to learn to work on it.

***he has tried over the years to teach me car stuff,
but I don't care to learn -
I've told him 'you buy me a '50s pickup and I will learn'***

-older vehicles don't have all the bells and whistles as 'newer' vehicles -
less wiring, no computers, figure it would be *easier* to learn-

Well, it's started.

I used a wire brush to remove rust and loose paint from
the tailgate and inside the cab.

We bought new reflectors too.

*Baby Steps*