Apple Cinnamon Oat Cookies with Hazelnuts

Crispy oat cookies with applesauce, cinnamon and toasted hazelnuts that smell of apple and spices in autumn. They stay fresh for several days in a tin.

By yumbelo · 8 servings · 60 minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g All-purpose flour
• 100 g Rolled oats
• 100 g Hazelnuts, ground or finely chopped
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 pinch Salt
• 150 g soft butter
• 100 g brown sugar
• 1 pc Egg
• 100 g Applesauce
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C conventional heat and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2. Mix the flour, oats, ground hazelnuts, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
3. Cream the soft butter with brown sugar in a second bowl, then beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
4. Stir in the applesauce, then quickly knead in the flour mixture until a smooth dough forms.
5. Shape the dough into about 32 even balls, place them on the baking sheet with some space between them and gently flatten them.
6. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are golden brown, and let them cool slightly on the baking sheet before removing them.