I used most of tunisianswife's modifications: I chopped two-thirds of the apples in my food processor and hand-chopped the rest to have some larger chunks. I mixed the apples with 1/2 cup of brown sugar before doing the rest of the steps. I added 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp nutmeg to the dry ingredients, and reduced the white sugar to 1/2 cup (because there was 1/2 cup brown sugar mixed in with the apples). My one complaint is that they really didn't rise all that much, but they are delicious, so I'm giving it 5 stars anyway. I guess I'll play with the amounts of baking powder/soda next time.

Reviewed On: Dec. 11, 2011

Since so many other people said it, I used Ginger B's modifications. I doubled the recipe and spread the cookie dough over the top of a batch of K. Anderson's "Fudge Brownies I" from this site, and the result was wonderful! (And I still have some left over to mix with ice cream!)

Reviewed On: Aug. 21, 2011

As many reviewers suggested, I used butter instead of shortening and also added extra cinnamon. I also tried using milk instead of water in the sauce, but it was still way too watery so I dumped that batch and tried it again with just the sugar, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon (again, I went heavy on the cinnamon). Served warm with ice cream, it was really good -- not dry at all. I will most likely make this again.

Reviewed On: Mar. 20, 2011