Old English Lemon-Cranberry Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 egg
1/2 cup applesauce
juice from 1 lemon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup dried cranberries
zest from 1 lemon
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.