Gingerbread cookies

Ingredients

 * 1/4 cup applesauce
 * 1/2 cup brown sugar
 * 1 1/2 cup dark molasses
 * 1/2 cup cold water
 * 3 cup white flour
 * 3 cup whole wheat flour
 * 2 tbsp allspice
 * 2 tbsp ginger
 * 2 tbsp cloves
 * 2 tbsp cinnamon
 * 2 tbsp vanilla
 * 2 tbsp baking soda
 * 1/2 tbsp salt
 * 1 tbsp cold water

Directions
Mix the applesauce, brown sugar and molasses together thoroughly. Stir in ½ cup cold water and vanilla. Mix together dry ingredients. Add to the dough. Add 1 t cold water. Mix well. Cover bowl and chill dough (for at least one hour). Preheat oven to 350. Roll out dough thick (½ inch). Cuts with small glass (1-2 inch diameter). Place on lightly oiled (sprayed) cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes (until no imprint remains when touched lightly with finger). Notes: this recipe is from sonja and william conner"s the new american diet (pp. 365)