Snack Roundup, part 3

When we visited my mother-in-law last Easter, she shared a plate of applesauce cookies she'd made using her mother-in-law's recipe. (Got all that?) When I made them at home last week, the girls loved their great-grandma Lucy's cookies, and I loved the family history.

The cookies are soft and cake-like, and the combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves that spices them fills your home with a wonderful fragrance! These cookies are great to pack in lunches or for an afternoon snack. By the way, you can make crockpot applesauce and freeze it in snack-size freezer bags to have homemade applesauce ready anytime, for recipes like this.

Great-Grandma Lucy's Applesauce Cookies

2 cups flour (I used wheat)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 cup nuts (chopped)
1 cup raisins (chopped) (I didn't chop them)
1/2 cup shortening (I used butter)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup applesauce
1 egg, well-beaten

Sift flour, salt, and spices. (I just used a whisk to stir them up briskly.) Add nuts and raisins.

Cream butter; add sugar gradually.

Stir soda into applesauce. Add beaten egg. Combine with creamed mixture. Add dry ingredients.

Drop by teaspoonful 2 to 3 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 15 minutes. (Cookies will still look somewhat shiny when you take them out.) Makes about 48 cookies.


Breakfast Cookies

These cookies are made with dry cereal and are also very healthy. I shared the recipe a few weeks ago here.


I hope you've enjoyed these snack recipes. Thanks for sharing yours, too--feel free to leave a comment or e-mail me your favorites anytime. (See the e-mail me button in the column on the right.)

My blog's all about blessing your family--and I hope that taking the time to make healthy snacks for your family, maybe even letting the kids help stir them up with you--will bring you closer together and nourish your relationship as well as your tummies. :)