Made some cookies at home for my mom, she didn’t like the applesauce, complaining: “I can taste the applesauce, these are applesauce cookies.” It didn’t help that I didn’t bake them long enough; they tasted to me like ice cream. The second part of the batch I pressed down per my mom’s instructions, and baked longer, until browned on the bottom: these came out with a nice crispy crunch. I used mini dark chocolate chunks from Whole Foods 365 brand, very weird but tasty. Time moves differently here, a half batch lasted three days. If I make another before I leave it will be very traditional and with more nuts, my mom liked to taste the walnuts better than the applesauce, she’s a little nuts, aren’t we all.
