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Apple-Oatmeal Chews

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
  • 1 1/3 cups oatmeal
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 2 cups very thinly sliced apples
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
  • 1/8 teaspoon mace
  • 2/3 cups dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • powdered sugar for topping

Instructions

  • Sift flour, soda, salt and spices into a bowl.  
  • Add all the remaining ingredients except the powdered sugar and apples.
  • Knead well with hands.
  • Pat 1/2 of the dough firmly into a greased 9x9x2 pan.
  • Arrange apples evenly on top.
  • Roll remaining dough between two sheets of waxed paper into a 9″ square.
  • Press firmly onto apples, piecing as needed to cover the apples.
  • Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes until cookie top begins to pull from the sides of the pan.
  • Cool until warm to the touch, then press top cookie layer into apples.
  • Dust top lightly with powdered sugar.
  • Cool to room temperature and cut into squares.

 

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