Applesauce Choc. Chip Cookies - Mom's Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 cups applesauce
2 tsp. vanilla
5 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 bag chocolate chips

Cream together sugar, shortening and eggs.
Add the applesauce and vanilla, mix well.
Add all dry ingredients and mix.
Add chocolate chips and stir.(I LOVE the dark chocolate chips with these cookies. My boys, all three, would rather have milk chocolate chips.)

Bake on cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes. I usually preheat my oven well but it seems that the last few batches of cookies don't need to bake for as long.

As you know, these cookies are super moist, so make sure that you bake them until the bottom of the cookie is brown. Otherwise the cookies will cool to be doughy. Yuck!