These are great for a luncheon tea as well as a super bowl party. Make sure to make an extra batch since they are addictive.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ cup chopped dried apricots
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, blend the applesauce, brown sugar, and honey. In a separate bowl, sift together the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend the flour mixture into the applesauce mixture. Fold in the oats, vanilla extract, almond extract, apricots, almonds, and cranberries. Drop the batter by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
Reviews
These had a nice flavour, but the texture was strange. They were soft but chewy, sort of bouncy, not at all what I was expecting. Not sure if I would make them again.
These are interesting. Puffy with lots of spices, a bit on the moist side-probably from using chunky applesauce. My husband didn’t seem to care much for them though.
substituted 1/4c each frozen cranberries and used dried mango. also used flavored applesauce m mm yummy .
These cookies turn out really sticky and way too sweet the next day. Best fresh! I’m going to modify this recipe next time I make it to provide for less sugar and maybe and egg or two instead of honey. I liked the idea, though, because I love cookies but not the fat.
I was looking for something that would be similar to these Aussie Bites I get at Costco. These Bites are not dense like the Aussie Bites (I’m thinking about trying it and not putting in the Baking powder). So I did make changes (for all those who don’t like that, too bad). Because of the previous reviewer, I only did 1/4 c. of honey and brown sugar. I didn’t put in cinnamon or nutmeg. I did 1/2 tsp almond extract. And I added dried cherries and shredded coconut and a little bit of butter. I’m doing all this because I want it to be like the Aussie bites, so I also thought I would put them in a mini muffin pan. I didn’t expect them to rise though. But they did and they are mini muffins and they are DELICIOUS! My 2 year old tried it and came in two more times for more. I like this recipe and I might keep trying to tweek it to get some Aussie bites out of it!
I wanted a low-calorie snack so I tried these. My batch looked and tasted like rubbery muffin tops. The 1 TSP almond extract overpowered the other flavors. These “Bites” were just too sweet for my taste.