Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies

These awesome Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies are fantastic. They were really easy to prep and bake. I would make these again!

I am giving this 5 stars as a low calorie cookie. If you don't care about calories there are definitely better cookies but for someone like me who wants to eat a cookie but not all the calories these are great. I did not have any real butter on hand as I mostly use Country Crock margarine with calcium so that's what I used in my version. I used unsweetened applesauce, ore than doubled the cinnamon ( I love cinnamon) and threw some craisins in it. Also added a tsp vanilla as other reviewers suggested. I really like them. They definitely taste healthier and make a great breakfast cookie. This amount made 12 good sized soft fluffy cookies. I am thinking might throw a banana in next time or maybe some banana extract. I will definitely be making these again....often.

"M&M's are great in this recipe. I made it for a MARS family member for his birthday. His dietitian recommended more oatmeal and apples, so of course we must accommodate. M&Ms and MOTTS applesauce from my neighborhood CVS. Yummy."

I added more cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla, and salt as mentioned in another comment. Tasted delicious and moist. My son opted for fruit snack topping on his :).

Modified recipe by adding 1tsp vanilla extract, 1tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp apple pie spice, 1/4 cup raisins and chocolate chips studded on top. Texture is light, a little muffin-like, moist, not chewy or crispy. Not too sweet, the addition of the chocolate chips worked well. The finished colour is very light, maybe some cocoa powder would add some nice golden browns.