Attempting to.......

Make what I thought would be a brilliant taco salad, but ended up tasting somewhat like my eighth grade school lunch......

Attempt failed.

Opening a bottle of red......

Attempt failed.

A little incentive to clean ones room......

45 minutes later......

Attempt failed.

Baking cookies at 8:00 p.m......

Fresh apple cookies

Attempt=SUCCESS.

The process

Cream butter, applesauce, &  sugar

Add fresh apple & vanilla

Sift dry ingredients

Form into balls

Roll them in sugar mixture

Pat down slightly on cookie sheet

Bake & hope they turn out

Redemption

Fresh apple cookies:(adapted by, my mom)

Ingredients:

1/4 cup softened butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla

1 medium apple peeled and grated

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

Sugar mixture:

4 T sugar

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven 375

In a large mixing bowl cream butter, applesauce, and sugar. Stir in grated apple and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients right over creamed mixture; stir to combine. Make approximately tablespoon size balls and roll in the sugar mixture.(your hands may get kind of sticky, but I just rinse them every now and then) Bake on non greased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes. 

I guarantee these wont hang around long, especially if I keep using them as incentives.