Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray cooky sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In small bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. In large bowl, whisk together apple sauce and shortening until shortening breaks up into pea-sized pieces. Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar; stir well. Add egg and vanilla; stir well. Add flour mixture to apple sauce mixture;stir till well blended. (Mixture will be stiff) Using flour-coated hands, roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls. Place 1 inch apart on cooky sheet. Press thumb gently into center of each ball. Spoon 1/2 tsp. Jam into each indentation. Bake 12-15 mins. Or till lightly browned. Cool completely on wore rack;sprinkling with rest of the 1 Tb. Pwd. Sugar. 2 dozen cookies

Each cookie equals: Calories 70 Sodium 60 mg. Total fat 1.5 gm. Cholesterol 10 mg. % calories from fat-17 >From Mott's Apple Sauce "A better Way to Bake-Delicious Low Fat Recipes