Mincemeat Cookies

Makes about 40
Time 55 min
Mincemeat Cookies

A reader came up with this recipe when she wanted to create a holiday cookie free of refined sugar. The sweetness in these rolled-up cookies comes from dried fruit, applesauce, coconut and all-fruit preserves. Just right with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    1 cupall-purpose flour
    1 cupwhole wheat pastry flour
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    11 tablespoons(1 1/3 sticks) cold butter, cut into small chunks
    1 cupwalnuts or pecans
    1/2 cupdried apricots or dates, chopped
    1/2 cupraisins
    1/2 cupshredded unsweetened coconut
    1/3 cupall-fruit apricot preserves
    2 tablespoonsunsweetened applesauce

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Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.


Put both flours and salt in a food processor and pulse to combine.


Add butter and pulse again, several times to blend butter and flour, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.


Add cold water, 2 tablespoons at a time, until a ball of dough forms in the processor (about 6 tablespoons total).


Remove and let the dough stand for just a few minutes.


Divide in half and roll each half out into a rectangle, about 5 by 14 inches.


Place nuts in a food processor and pulse to coarsely chop them.


Add apricots, raisins, coconut, preserves and applesauce and pulse until finely chopped and blended.


Spread the mixture in an even layer on the rectangles of dough.


Roll up lengthwise into logs and place seam side down on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.


Bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes before carefully slicing, using a serrated knife.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

about 2 Cookies

Calories

170

Total Fat

11g

Saturated Fat

5g

Cholesterol

15mg

Sodium

105mg

Total Carbohydrate

17g

Dietary Fiber

2g

Total Sugars

5g

Protein

3g

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