Get ready to savor the magic that happens with our flavor combination of apples, cinnamon, and oatmeal unite, creating cookies that are nothing short of fabulous.
Your taste buds are in for a treat that will keep you craving more of this extraordinary duo!
The cookies are so delicious plain, dusted with powdered sugar, and for all my sugar lovers, with an additional layer of icing on top which is the kiddo's favorite way!
If you're an oatmeal cookie lover and love fall flavors when it's apple season, this is nothing short of your favorite new recipe for this newest taste sensation.
This takes ordinary oatmeal cookies to the next level of yumminess.
Below you will find a recipe card that you can print off all the tips, and suggestions along with mix-ins to transform ordinary oatmeal cookies to extraordinary!
Easy Steps
- prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a Silpat mat and set it aside
- preheat the oven before baking the cookies
- whisk all dry ingredients in one bowl
- in a clean bowl cream the sugar and butter until fluffy then add the egg
- mix the dry and wet ingredients together
- add mix-in(apples and whatever else you prefer)refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours
- roll into balls and bake
- see below for optional mix-ins and garnish ideas in the recipe card
Suggestions and Additions:
- Butterscotch or toffee chips, chocolate or white chips
- Nuts of any kind, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, brazil nuts (for nut allergies use sunflower or pumpkin seeds
- Coconut shredded
- Raisins or chopped dates or figs
- Dried cranberries
- Chopped maraschino cherries
- Other fresh fruits can be substituted with the same moisture content as apples ( IE chopped peaches, pears, cherries, bananas)
Shopping List to Make Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
- AP flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- ground cinnamon
- ground allspice
- ground nutmeg and ginger
- butter salted
- light brown sugar
- egg
- finely diced apple (tart in flavor like Mcintosh)
- old-fashioned rolled oats
- Optional: 1/2 cup toffee chips, caramel chips, nuts, dried cranberries, or raisins
- Garnish: powdered sugar sifted
Best Apples for Baking
- Mcintosh
- Braeburn
- Cortland
- Honey Gold
- Jonathan
- Fuji
- Gala
- Granny Smith
- more tips on Apples and Baking
Tips:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Bake the cookies on a Silpat mat or parchment paper
- Always cream the sugar and butter together first until light
- Evenly blend together the dry mixture that's been whisked together with the creamed mixture
- use salted butter
- to avoid spreading refrigerate cookies before baking at least 3 to 4 hours before baking
- cookies stay fresh for up to 4 days covered in a cool place, or they freeze perfectly and are great with the addition of nuts, raisins, and various flavored chips
- Dust with powdered sugar, cinnamon powdered sugar, or a thin icing
- Do not over-bake them are they will be dry
- For a sweeter cookie add the frosting on top
- Just remember if you live in a hot climate I keep them refrigerated if it is too hot in the house the moisture may make them get moldy.
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Apple Streusel Cake
Apple Pie Cinnamon Topped Muffins
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Cookies Lovers and Our Apple Oatmeal Cookies
If you're an apple and oatmeal cookie this will be your new favorite cookie, it's the perfect kind of cookie taste baking to kick off the fall season and comfort all winter long.
Put this one on your list of holiday cookies to try, everyone will love them!
Yield: 24
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal, apples, and cinnamon just shout fall flavors. This is the perfect drop cookie anytime of the year but great to kick off the baking season.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 25 Min
Ingredients
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pumpkin pie spice or allspice
- Optional: a pinch of ginger and nutmeg
- 1/2 cup butter salted at room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup finely diced apple (tart in flavor like Mcintosh)
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- Optional: see mix-ins under notes below
- Garnish: powdered sugar sifted or a free-flowing icing made with powdered sugar and water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt with all the spices in a bowl and blend with a fork or whisk and set aside.
- In a large bowl clean bowl, using an electric mixer beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the egg then slowly add the dry mixture into the bowl and mix it all together until blended evenly.
- Fold in the apples and any mix-ins you're using in the batter.
- Place the dough onto wax paper and wrap it tightly.
- Refrigerate the dough for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.
- Roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for around 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees (or longer depending on how big you make the cookies) or until set in the middle and edges begin to brown.
- Cool completely.
- Garnish: serve dusted with powdered sifted sugar on top or cinnamon added to the powdered sugar
- Note: For those who love sweeter cookies use a mixture of powdered sugar and water to make a free-flowing icing and drizzle icing over each cookie if desired. You can also add a dash of cinnamon, nutmeg, or pumpkin pie spice to the icing
Notes
Suggestions and Additions:
- Butterscotch or toffee chips, chocolate or white chips
- Nuts of any kind, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, sunflower or pumpkin seeds for allergies
- Coconut shredded
- Raisins or chopped dates or figs
- Dried cranberries
- Chopped maraschino cherries
- Other fresh fruits can be substituted with the same moisture content as apples ( IE chopped peaches, pears, cherries, bananas)
Best Apples for Baking
- Mcintosh
- Braeburn
- Cortland
- Honey Gold
- Jonathan
- Fuji
- Gala
- Granny Smith
Tips:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Bake the cookies on a Silpat mat or parchment paper
- Always cream the sugar and butter together first until light
- Evenly blend together the dry mixture that's been whisked together with the creamed mixture
- use salted butter
- to avoid spreading refrigerate cookies before baking at least 3 to 4 hours before baking
- cookies stay fresh for up to 4 days covered in a cool place, or they freeze perfectly and are great with the addition of nuts, raisins, and various flavored chips
- Dust with powdered sugar, cinnamon powdered sugar, or a thin free flowing icing
Nutrition Facts
Calories
108.77Fat (grams)
3.65 gSat. Fat (grams)
2.17 gCarbs (grams)
18.09 gFiber (grams)
0.65 gNet carbs
17.43 gSugar (grams)
9.75 gProtein (grams)
1.37 gSodium (milligrams)
78.82 mgCholesterol (grams)
14.56 mg
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