Cream together butter and sugars. Add almond extract, eggs, vanilla and applesauce. Mix well. Blend in flour, oatmeal, baking soda and almonds. If desired, add pecan pieces and/or raisins. Drop by teaspoons onto Teflon-coated cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Yields 3 dozen cookies. From a collection of my mothers (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glens MM Recipe Archive, G Internet.