Cranberry Bran Cookies

These cookies are as wholesome and still taste great. With bran, almond meal and significantly less butter than the average cookie, you can feed them to the whole family.

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:
½ cup oat bran
½ cup almond meal
1 cup whole-wheat all-purpose flour
(*or ¾ cup flour for moister cookies)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup dried cranberries
Wet Ingredients:
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 egg

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and then lightly flour two cookie sheets. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix dry ingredients together and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar together and then add the applesauce and egg. Quickly stir until mixture is smooth.
Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients in the large mixing bowl.
Using two spoons, drop approximately 2 tablespoons of dough one inch apart.
Place in oven and bake 15-18 minutes. Remove from oven, cool and enjoy.

PREP 10 mins
COOK 16.5 mins