Everything Cookies
Kristen Bell [1], via TODAY
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup agave nectar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract for gluten-free version)
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vinegar (white or apple cider works)
1 large organic egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup all-purpose unbleached flour (use 3/4 cup coconut flour for gluten-free version)
1 1/2 cups rolled oats (Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Rolled Oats for gluten-free version)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips (Guittard Butterscotch Baking Chips for gluten-free version)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Beat together the butter, applesauce, sugar and agave nectar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vinegar until fairly smooth. Then beat in the egg until smooth.
- Add the baking soda and flour and mix well. Add the oats and both kinds of chips, stirring to combine.
- Drop dough balls of about two level tablespoons (using a tablespoon measure, not a dinner spoon) onto cookie sheets. Space the cookies two inches apart — leave plenty of room because they will spread out!
- Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, reversing the pans halfway through (top rack to bottom, bottom to top). For softer cookies, bake for the shorter amount of time; for crunchier, the longer. Cool the cookies on the pan for two minutes, then transfer them with a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.
Information
- Category
- Cookies, Desserts
- Yield
- 20 cookies
- Total Time
- 9 minutes, 59 seconds