Easy Applesauce Cookie Recipe | Kids Activities Blog

If you want chewy, flavorful cookies that practically melt in your mouth, you have to try this delicious applesauce cookie recipe. Applesauce cookies are the chewiest, most flavorful cookie! This recipe is a great way to use an opened can of applesauce before it goes bad! Applesauce can be used as an egg replacement while baking, but with these delicious applesauce cookies, it’s no longer an optional ingredient, and instead steals the show! 

YUMMY APPLESAUCE COOKIE RECIPE

They are always a hit, and a great recipe to use up that opened jar of applesauce before it goes bad.

Or, bookmark this recipe for the fall, after you go apple picking!

HOW TO MAKE APPLESAUCE COOKIES

I love basic cookie recipes that can be made from ingredients you already have in the pantry, like this applesauce cookie recipe! 

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This Applesauce Cookie Recipe 

• Yield: 4 dozen  
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 9-11 minutes

Ingredients – Applesauce Cookies

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups old-fashioned oats 
• 1 cup raisins, optional
• 1 cup nuts, walnuts or pecans chopped, optional  

INSTRUCTIONS – APPLESAUCE COOKIES

Step 1

First, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

Then, line baking sheets with a silicone mat or parchment paper.

Step 3

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.

Step 4

Next, mix in egg, vanilla extract, and applesauce.

Step 5 

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. 

Step 6 

Then, in a small bowl, add raisins and a spoonful of flour mixture. This will keep the raisins from clumping together in the cookies. 

Step 7 

Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients, mixing well.

Step 8

Next, fold in oats, raisins, and pecans.

Step 9

Divide batter using a cookie dough scoop, roll into ball and place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart.

Step 10

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until lightly golden and slightly set. Bake longer for a crispy cookie. 

Step 11

Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.

Step 12

Store in airtight container.

Recipe Notes:

Let your applesauce oatmeal cookies cool off before taking them the cookie sheet because then they won’t fall apart.

Don’t like butter? Then substitute the butter in these homemade applesauce cookies for something like coconut oil.

You can use a cup applesauce that is sweetened, but your sweet treats will be extra sweet. Less sugar options are generally healthier.

Don’t like raisins? You can turn them into applesauce chocolate chip cookies. Though I would stick with dark chocolate chips as they go better with the “warming” spices.

HOW TO STORE APPLESAUCE COOKIES 

As soon as your cookies have cooled to room temperature, store them in an airtight container.

I prefer to store cookies in the fridge, but you can also freeze them! 

GLUTEN FREE APPLESAUCE COOKIE RECIPE 

You can still enjoy this recipe if you have a gluten allergy or gluten sensitivity! All you have to do is swap out two ingredients! 

To make gluten free applesauce cookies, replace the all-purpose flour and the oats in the recipe above, with gluten free all-purpose flour, and gluten free oats. 

Be sure to check the label on all packaged ingredients, to make sure they are also gluten free. 

EASY COOKIE RECIPES 

If you’re looking for a good way to introduce your kids to baking, easy cookie recipes are the way to go! 

There are so many steps in a cookie recipe, that kids won’t get bored.

With plenty of opportunities to measure, and follow directions, baking cookies easily ties into math, and other lessons, too.

Not to mention all of the sweet memories you will make! Here are some of my favorite cookie recipes: 

Which do you prefer in your applesauce cookies: raisins or chocolate chips?