Apple pie cookies have all of the parts of apple pie, however in cookie type! My recipe makes use of a selfmade apple pie filling and even consists of an non-obligatory “a la mode” ornament. Recipe features a how-to video!
Apple Pie in Cookie Type
These apple pie cookies are gourmand cookies impressed by basic apple pie! They’re enjoyable to make (a course of, however a worthwhile one!) and can be a really distinctive and welcomed addition to your Thanksgiving dessert desk.
These apple pie cookies have:
- Flavorful cookie base (similar to what I take advantage of for my espresso cake cookies) that’s fastidiously designed to not be too candy or wealthy.
- Genuine apple pie filling! The filling does have to be cooked on the range first; I speak extra about this under.
- Crumbly, buttery streusel topping created from my simple streusel recipe that requires NO pastry cutter (anybody else completely hate that factor?)!
- Easy vanilla glaze and lovely buttercream ice cream scoops (!!) 🤩
Okay, technically the glaze and “ice cream” are non-obligatory, however aren’t they enjoyable? You could count on the “ice cream” to be too candy to be palatable (particularly when you see how a lot sugar goes into it), however, nearly weirdly, it’s not. It’s principally only for present, however actually, it really tastes good, too! When you don’t really feel like doing each, I’d suggest a minimum of doing the glaze.
YES, there are numerous components to this recipe and a number of steps, however these cookies are such a enjoyable challenge that I actually loved making. I hope you’re keen on them too!
What You Want
You want fairly a couple of elements to make these apple pie cookies (15 to be precise, in case you make the glaze and ice cream too!), however most are pantry staples.
- Apples. We’re primarily making an apple pie filling (if it appears acquainted, it’s as a result of it’s carefully tailored from my wonderful apple turnovers) for the facilities. A agency, tart apple, like Granny Smith, works greatest right here, they maintain their form effectively with out changing into mushy or too weepy and maintain the cookie from being too candy. Precooking the apples works greatest, since uncooked apples don’t grow to be mushy sufficient or yield sufficient taste (even after being baked within the cookies).
- Brown sugar. I take advantage of mild brown sugar in almost each part of those apple pie cookies! When you don’t have any available or run out throughout baking, learn my submit on the right way to make brown sugar.
- Cornstarch. This thickens our filling. I additionally use some within the cookie dough to forestall the cookies from spreading an excessive amount of and to maintain them good and mushy.
- Butter. We’ll use softened unsalted butter for the cookies and melted (sure, melted!) butter for the streusel. Not like conventional recipes, my streusel recipe comes collectively in seconds, no pastry cutter required. That is all due to melted butter!
- Vanilla. I take advantage of common vanilla extract within the cookie dough and vanilla bean paste within the glaze and “ice cream” scoops. The paste has little flecks of vanilla beans, which makes the buttercream scoops look much more like real-deal ice cream. When you don’t have vanilla bean paste, common vanilla extract will work simply tremendous!
SAM’S TIP: When you overlook to set your eggs out forward of time, allow them to sit in a bowl of heat water for 10-Quarter-hour. This may carry them to room temperature shortly.
Keep in mind, that is simply an summary of the elements I used and why. For the total recipe please scroll all the way down to the underside of the submit!
Easy methods to Make Apple Pie Cookies
Apple Pie Filling
- Stir collectively the apples, sugar, butter, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a pan over medium-low warmth. As soon as the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved, enhance the warmth to medium and let the combination come to a simmer.
- Proceed simmering for five minutes, stirring sometimes. Take away from the warmth as soon as the apples are tender, then pour right into a heatproof bowl. Switch to the fridge to chill whilst you make the cookie dough.
Cookie Dough
- Cream collectively the butter and sugars till mild and fluffy.
- Stir within the eggs and vanilla till mixed.
- Whisk the dry elements collectively in a separate bowl.
- Step by step add the dry elements to the moist elements till fully mixed, then cowl and place the dough within the fridge to sit back.
Streusel
- Mix the flour, sugars, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl, then drizzle the cooled melted butter overtop.
- Claw/toss the combination collectively with a fork till it’s clumpy. Don’t work it collectively an excessive amount of or you’ll create a paste.
Meeting
- Roll the dough. Scoop about 2 Tablespoons and roll between your palms till clean. Indent the facilities of every cookie utilizing the again of a cookie scoop.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling into every indentation.
- Press about 1 tablespoon of streusel (I simply do a small handful) over the filling, ensuring to fully cowl it.
- Bake for 13-14 minutes at 350F or till the sides flip a lightweight golden brown. Let the cookies cool fully earlier than adorning, they’ll be a bit fragile once they’re heat.
SAM’S TIP: When indenting the cookies, don’t press too far. If the underside of the indent is just too shallow, then the the filling may grow to be too heavy for it and fall by way of the underside.
Glaze/Frosting Ornament
- Cream the butter, salt, and vanilla till clean, then progressively add the sugar ½ cup at a time. Wait till every addition is totally integrated earlier than including the following.
- Examine the frosting consistency: it must be a stiff, rollable dough that’s nearly like play dough. If it’s not, add extra powdered sugar.
- Whisk collectively the glaze, then drizzle it over your cookies.
- Add a 1 tablespoon sized scoop of the buttercream over the glaze. Let the glaze harden, then get pleasure from!
Incessantly Requested Questions
You may, however why would you?
Alright, alright! I perceive, all the things can’t at all times be from scratch and I don’t see why store-bought wouldn’t work right here.
However for the report, I like to recommend making your individual. Home made may have the perfect taste and sweetness degree, whereas store-bought may very well be inconsistent or simply method too candy. When you should use the premade type, pinky-promise me you’ll attempt it someday sooner or later from scratch and notice that you’ll want about 1.5 cups of pie filling.
Sure! Every part of those cookies (besides the vanilla glaze) might be made and saved prematurely. The pie filling might be saved within the fridge in a sealed container for 3 days, the dough might be coated and saved within the fridge for 3 days, the streusel might be saved in a sealed container at room temperature for (you guessed it) 3 days, and the buttercream might be saved in a sealed container at room temperature for two days or within the fridge for a minimum of per week. Word that the buttercream will get very stiff within the fridge, so I’d suggest scooping/rolling it earlier than chilling.
I don’t see why not! You may attempt utilizing any of the fillings from my hand pies; simply be sure that to let it cool earlier than including it to the cookies. Beware that any fillings which can be notably juicy/moist may trigger the cookie to grow to be soggy.
So there you could have it. Apple pie cookies are the newest, Fall-infused addition to my rising gourmand cookie assortment.
When you’re having fun with these barely outrageous cookies, let me know what others you’d wish to see (and take a look at my blueberry muffin cookies and strawberry cheesecake cookies within the meantime!).
Get pleasure from! -Sam
Let’s bake collectively! I’ll be strolling you thru all of the steps in my written recipe and video under! When you do that recipe, remember to tag me on Instagram, and you can even discover me on YouTube and Fb
Apple Pie Cookies
Servings: 24 servings
Energy: 420kcal
Elements
Buttercream “ice cream”
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Directions
Apple Filling
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Mix apples, sugar, butter, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a medium sized skillet over medium-low warmth. Stir incessantly till butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
3 cups (350 g) cored, peeled, diced apples, ¼ cup (50 g) mild brown sugar, 2 Tablespoons (28 g) butter, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
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Improve warmth to medium and convey to a simmer. Simmer for five minutes, stirring sometimes, till apples are tender when pierced with a fork.
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Take away from warmth and pour right into a heatproof bowl. Place within the fridge whilst you put together the dough.
Cookie Dough
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Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put aside.
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Mix softened butter and sugars in a big bowl and use an electrical mixer (or a stand mixer with paddle attachment) to beat till mild and fluffy.
1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 1 cup (200 g) mild brown sugar
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Add eggs and vanilla and stir till mixed.
2 giant eggs, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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In a separate, medium-sized bowl whisk collectively flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour, 2 Tablespoons cornstarch, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
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Step by step add dry elements to moist, stirring till fully mixed.
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Cowl bowl with plastic wrap and place within the fridge to sit back barely whilst you put together the streusel.
Streusel
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Soften butter in a small bowl and permit to chill till not heat to the contact.
6 Tablespoons (85 g) unsalted butter
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Mix flour, sugars, salt and cinnamon in medium-sized bowl and stir till mixed.
1 ¼ cups (155 g) all-purpose flour, ½ cup (100 g) mild brown sugar, ⅓ cup (65 g) granulated sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon cinnamon
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Drizzle cooled butter into flour combination and claw along with a fork till you could have a clumpy streusel.
Meeting
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Take away apple filling and cookie dough from fridge.
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Scoop dough by 2 Tablespoon-sized balls and roll till clean. Place on baking sheet and make an indent within the cookie (I used the again of the cookie scoop to make indent – don’t push too deep or make the cookie too skinny or the cookie gained’t be capable of help the burden of it after baking)).
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Scoop a degree Tablespoon of filling into the indent you simply created
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Take a small handful of streusel (about 1 Tablespoon) and nestle gently into the filling. Use sufficient to fully cowl the filling.
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Switch to heart rack of 350F (175C) oven for 13-14 minutes or till edges start to show a lightweight golden brown. Enable to chill fully earlier than adorning with glaze and “ice cream” (under, if utilizing).
Buttercream “ice cream”:
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Beat butter, salt, and vanilla in giant bowl utilizing an electrical mixer till butter is clean.
½ cups (113 g) unsalted butter, ⅛ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
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Add powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, ready till every cup is totally combined earlier than including extra. As soon as completed, the buttercream must be very stiff, nearly a play-dough like consistency. It must be simple to roll right into a ball. Add extra powdered sugar, if wanted, to achieve correct consistency.
3 cups (375 g) powdered sugar
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Put aside whilst you put together the vanilla bean glaze.
Vanilla glaze
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Whisk collectively powdered sugar with 1 Tablespoon of milk and vanilla bean paste till fully mixed. Add further milk, a splash at a time, till glaze is clean and ribbons off of your whisk.
1 cup (125 g) powdered sugar, 1-2 Tablespoons entire milk, ½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste
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Drizzle glaze on cookie. Scoop buttercream by one Tablespoon sized scoop and place on cookie, gently nestling onto the glaze (which is able to assist “cement” it).
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Enable glaze to harden earlier than having fun with.
Notes
Apples
That is about 4 small apples for me. I like to recommend Granny Smith apples for greatest outcomes. They’re tart and agency and lend themselves effectively to those cookies. Alternatively you might use one other tart, agency apple. Softer apples, like Mcintosh, aren’t excellent.
Cookie indents
Don’t make the indentation within the cookie too deep, if there’s not sufficient cookie dough on the underside the cookie gained’t be steady.
Storing
Retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 3 days or within the fridge for as much as per week.
Vitamin
Serving: 1cookie | Energy: 420kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 4g | Fats: 16g | Saturated Fats: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 4g | Trans Fats: 1g | Ldl cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 501IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg
Dietary data is predicated on third-party calculations and must be thought-about an estimate solely. Precise dietary content material will differ based mostly upon manufacturers used, measuring strategies, cooking methodology, portion sizes, and extra.
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