Vegan Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

Whisk together and set aside

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Cream wet ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Then stir in

• 1 1/2 cups of quaker instant apple and cinnamon oatmeal
• 1/2 cup of quaker instant cinnamon roll oatmeal
• 1 cup peeled and chopped apple

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°.

2. 2

   Whisk dry ingredients; set aside.

3. 3

   Combine wet ingredients with a hand mixer on low.

4. 4

   To cream, increase speed to high and beat until fluffy and the color lightens.

5. 5

   Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until no flour is visible.

6. 6

   (Over mixing develops the gluten, making a tough cookie.) Now add the oats and apples; stir to incorporate.

7. 7

   Fill cookie scoop with dough.

8. 8

   (Use a #40 cookie scoop; it measures 2 tablespoon of dough) Press against side of bowl, pulling up to level dough.

9. 9

   Drop 2-inches apart onto baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray.

10. 10

    Bake 11-13 minutes (on center rack), until golden, but still moist beneath cracks on top.

11. 11

    Remove from oven; let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.