Applesauce Brownies

Total Time:Prep: 15 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Bernice Pebley

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Updated on Jun. 30, 2023

These moist, cinnamon-flavored brownies are quite easy to make. The recipe can also be doubled and baked in a jelly roll pan. My husband and I live on a farm in central Nebraska and have two grown daughters. —Bernice Pebley, Cozad, Nebraska

TEST KITCHEN APPROVED

Applesauce Brownies

Yield:16 brownies
Prep:15 min
Cook:25 min

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • topping:
    • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
    • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
Shop Recipe

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in applesauce. Pour into an 8-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
  2. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.