Apple Pie Cookies
These gooey apple pie cookies are filled with spiced apple pie filling and finished with a sweet caramel drizzle — classic fall flavors in cookie form.
Equipment
Ingredients
Cookies
butter (softened)
115 g
granulated sugar
100 g
brown sugar
100 g
egg
1 piece
vanilla extract
5 ml
all-purpose flour
280 g
baking powder
5 g
baking soda
3 g
salt
3 g
ground cinnamon
5 g
Apple Pie Filling
apple (peeled, cored, diced)
450 g
granulated sugar
50 g
ground cinnamon
3 g
ground nutmeg
1 g
lemon juice
15 ml
cornstarch
15 g
butter
15 g
Caramel Drizzle
caramel sauce
120 ml
Instructions
Prepare apple pie filling
Cook the diced apples with sugar, spices, and lemon juice until softened, then thicken with cornstarch.
Cool the filling
Let the apple filling cool completely before using in cookies.
Cream butter and sugars
Beat softened butter with both sugars until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla
Mix in the egg and vanilla extract until well combined.
Combine dry ingredients
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Form cookie dough
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture and mix until dough forms.
Chill the dough
Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
Shape the cookies
Scoop dough into balls, flatten slightly, and create an indentation for the filling.
Add filling to cookies
Place a spoonful of cooled apple filling into each cookie indentation.
Bake the cookies
Bake at 180°C until golden brown around the edges.
Cool the cookies
Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Drizzle with caramel
Drizzle cooled cookies with caramel sauce before serving.
Original recipe
Storage
Store in an airtight container. Cookies can be frozen for up to 2 months.
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