My awesome partner cleaned out the refrigerator last week and a jar of applesauce was discovered that probably needed to be used real soon. I have no idea how long it was in there, but it still looked good (sadly, this is how a lot of my baking decisions are made…yikes!). This is one of my favorite cookie recipes; they are super simple to make and they taste so good. They are moist, fluffy, very cake-like, and it is way to easy to eat 10 in a row and not even notice (until they’re gone!).
Chocolate Chip Applesauce Cookies
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 3 tablespoons warm water
- 1/2 cup vegan margarine
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray lightly with cooking oil.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flax seed and water and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the applesauce, flax seed, and vanilla and mix well.
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda until well combined and then add to wet ingredients, mixing until all combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Drop tablespoons of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet, making sure to leave space between each cookie as they do spread a bit while baking.
- Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before moving to a cooling rack.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. These cookies are very moist and tend to stick together when stacked, so you may want to put layers of parchment paper between them when storing.
![Before going into the oven.](https://thelazyveganbaker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/drop-cookies.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C200)
![Just out of the oven.](https://thelazyveganbaker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/just-out-of-the-oven.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C200)
![Plate o' cookies!](https://thelazyveganbaker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/plate-of-cookies.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C200)
Mmm chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!!! I love the addition of the applesauce, I’m going to have to try that sometime. Thanks for sharing on my linkup:) Sending blessings and love!
Thanks! Applesauce & chocolate is really wonderful together :).