Unhappy discovery

[soc_puppet]

Applesauce would be really delicious if it weren't for the damned texture.

At least the applesauce-oatmeal cookies are pretty good. Well, once I add in some caramel nibs, at any rate 😅 Operation: Get More Fiber in Socchan's Food has a promising new* recipe in the toolkit!


* ...two-weeks-old-ish recipe. Adapted from one from the 80s. Close enough!

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[soc_puppet]

Storing the recipe here, in case I forget it:

2 cups quick oats
1 cup applesauce
1/4 cup caramel nibs
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350°F

Mix the dry ingredients together; add in the applesauce and mix thoroughly

Scoop with #30 size and flatten slightly; place on lined or greased baking tray (because oatmeal sticks like eggs)

Bake ~15 minutes or until done

Yield: Approximately 15 cookies

(Option for bars: Press the dough into the bottom of a parchment-lined bread pan and bake for 22 minutes. Cut into 6 pieces when cooled. I would have kept doing this option, but it turns out that the bars go moldy faster than I'd like 😥)

[izzet_bedtime_yet]

My family uses applesauce as an egg substitute in baked goods requiring 1-2 eggs. (They get them in packs of 4-ounce containers; 1 container = 2 eggs.) Don't know if egg substitution is a positive, negative, or neutral for you, but figured it might be useful to know this is an option.

[krait]

Building on this, in case eggs are something you'd rather leave in, applesauce can be substituted for up to half the oil in baked goods. I frequently use it this way in quick breads and muffins, and it works great.

[soc_puppet]

I'd heard about the egg substitution (a mashed banana can be used the same way, plus some mixture of ground flax seed meal and water), but I'm pretty sure the oil substitution is new to me! It's kind of a shame I don't do more baking at home 😂