Caramel + apple is the perfect fall dessert combination. Do you agree?
Caramel Apple Cookies
The Caramel Apple Cookies are the perfect blend of cinnamon, apples and sweet caramel glaze. They practically melt in your mouth.
I love their soft cake-like texture. They are like little apple cakes!
I topped them off with some chopped walnuts to give them some texture and to complement the spicy apple flavour. My cousin and I made this batch together. She brought some to the hockey rink afterwards and said her son’s team loved them. They were devoured in a blink of an eye by some hungry teen hockey players. I’m not surprised because the ones I kept in my home did not last either.
Use whatever kind of apples you have on hand. I had Red Delicious so that’s what I used in this particular recipe. I’m not sure if it’s considered a “baking” apple, but it worked for me!
You might also like this Caramel Apple Dump Cake or Caramel Sauce. Try my Banana Cookies or Pecan Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling.
Do you love the apple and caramel combo?
Caramel Apple Cookies
The perfect blend of cinnamon, apples and sweet caramel glaze. They practically melt in your mouth.
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup apple juice, divided
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 cup apples, peeled and shredded
Caramel Glaze
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 1/2 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1/8 cup walnut pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Add butter and brown sugar to a mixing bowl and beat on low until combined. Beat in egg and 1/4 cup apple juice.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves to a large bowl and stir to combine. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture. Mix in 1/4 cup apple juice and apples.
- Add a rounded teaspoonful of batter to the baking sheet, evenly spaced apart. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on a cooling rack.
Caramel Glaze
- Add butter and brown sugar to a saucepan over medium high heat. Stir until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
- Stir in icing sugar and milk until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled cookies. Top with walnuts.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 174Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 126mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 2g
i do love this combination and want to try it! I make scones and biscuits a couple times a week, and always cover them with different glazes – I adore glazes! I never tried a caramel glaze before, and these cookies sound wonderful!
These are such pretty cookies! I have to make these for my family! We will love these cookies!
These cookies are so perfect for Fall thanks for sharing this one.
These Caramel Apple Cookies sound delilcious. I have saved the recipe to my favorites. Thank you for this recipe.
Fabulous cookies, they look good and I’ll bet taste even better, my kind of treat. 🙂
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I’ve re-read the instructions twice but don’t see where you added the apple pieces??