Skinny Jean Cookies

Recipe By: http://foodstorageandbeyond.com
Serves: 4 - 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients:
1 15-oz can white beans, drained and rinsed (Great Northern or Navy)
1½ cups sugar (white or brown… your preference)
5 eggs (or 10 Tbsp egg powder and 15-20 Tbsp water)
1/3 cup applesauce
2 tsp vanilla extract
4½ cups whole wheat flour (can use half all-purpose if you’re not use to whole wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
 1¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1¼ cups dried cranberries

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
2. Place beans in a mixer and beat them until they’re creamy and non-recognizable as a bean.
3. Add sugar and cream together.
4. Add eggs, applesauce, and vanilla. Mix.
5. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until well blended.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and dried cranberries.
7. Drop the dough by small, rounded spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. (These cookies do not spread when baked, so you can pack them pretty close together on the cookie sheet.)
8. Bake 10-15 minutes, but DO NOT over bake. They will not turn golden when done, so try testing them with a light touch on the top of the cookie. They should be barely firm to the touch and will set up more as they cool. (My optimal cooking time for me was 11 minutes.)
9. Remove baked cookies from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store at room temperature in an airtight container. (Or you can freeze them for later.)

Apple Cake

Recipe By: CDF Publications
Serves: 12

Ingredients:

1/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup water
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped dried apples

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar.
2. In a small bowl, stir together applesauce, water, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture.
3. Blend in flour.
4. Stir in walnuts and apples.
5. Spread in a greased and floured 9x13 pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Apple Pumpkin Bisque

Recipe By: Pantry Cooking II
Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1 (15-oz) can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
2 (14.5-oz each) cans chicken broth
1 (14.5-oz) can unsweetened applesauce or 1-3/4 cups
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp ground ginger
2 TBSP pure maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste
Dash nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 (5-oz) can evaporated milk
Dried chives

Directions:

1. Combine pumpkin and chicken broth in a Dutch oven until smooth.
2. Add all but the milk and chives and blend well.
3. Heat over medium heat until heated through, about 15 minutes.
4. Stir in milk.
5. Garnish each serving with chives.

Food Storage Pumpkin Bread

Recipe By: Bakingdom
Serves: 3 loaves

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup apple sauce
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup ground flaxseed combined with 3/4 cup water
1 (15-oz) can pumpkin puree
2/3 cup water

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine flaxseed with water and let sit for a few minutes.
3. Meanwhile, grease your bread pans.
4. Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a large mixing bowl.
5. Combine all wet ingredients, including flaxseed mixture, in a small mixing bowl. 6. Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix together until moistened.
7. Portion out into greased bread pans.
8. Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out dry.

Surprise Chocolate Cake

Recipe By: Dollar a Day Meals

Ingredients:

2 cup cooked lentils, cooled to lukewarm
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup dry milk powder
4 to 5 TBSP dry baking cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Generously grease and flour a 11 x 15 baking pan.
3. Blend until smooth: cooked lentils, vanilla, eggs, oil, applesauce, water.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together: sugar, flour, milk powder, cocoa, baking soda, salt.
5. Add dry mixture to liquid mixture in large bowl; beat 2 minutes.
6. Pour into prepared pan.
7. Bake approx. 20 minutes, or until top bounces back at touch.
7. Remove from oven.
8. Cool cake in the pan.