Recipe - Applesauce-Spice Drops

2 cup Packed Brown Sugar
1 cup Shortening
One half cup Cold Coffee
16 ounce (1cn) Unsweetened Applesauce
2 Large Eggs
3 One half cup Unbleached AllPurpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1 cup Raisins
One half cup Coarsely Chopped Nuts

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix brown sugar, shortening, coffee,
applesauce and eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients (dough will be very
soft. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto lightly
greased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when
touched, about 7 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen

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