Vegan Apple Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup splenda brown sugar blend
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons flax seed meal
• 5 ounces dried apple rings, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3-1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice (1/3 is a little dry and 1/2 is a little wet)

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in large bowl stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and flaxseed meal.
• 3 add chopped dried apple and walnuts to flour mixture.
• 4 in small bowl whisk together applesauce, vanilla, oil and 1/3 cup apple juice.
• 5 stir liquid into dry ingredients without over working **over stiring will make them though** adding a little more apple juice if need be.
• 6 drop a cookie scooper full or generous tablespoon full of dough onto silpat(can use paper-lined or greased baking sheet but silpat works best), these cookies won't spread much so you can get a few more per baking sheet.
• 7 bake in the preheated oven at 350 f for 12-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. these cookies are more cake-like, so they will not get crisp and will only color slightly.
• 8 allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.