old english lemon-cranberry cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• juice from 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup dried cranberries
• zest from 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat an oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 2 baking sheets.
• mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart the prepared baking sheets.
• bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.