Apple Pie Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¾ cup 1 1/2 sticks softened butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar I know I said ½ in the video, which is fine if you want a sweeter cookie. If I add white chocolate I usually go with ¼ cup instead of ½
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 medium sized apple peeled and diced into 1 cm cubes (should amount to roughly 1 cup, but I say the more the better, but keep it under 1 ¾ cups)
- 1 cup white chocolate chunks or chips
- Cinnamon sugar for rolling mix 1 - 1 ½ tsp cinnamon with ½ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients (the first 6 ingredients listed) and set aside.
- In another bowl, cream the butter with the sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg and vanilla and continue to beat until well- incorporated.
- Stir in the dry ingredients until everything is blended. It should be quite thick.
- Fold in the apple chunks and 3/4 of the white chocolate bits.
- Cover the bowl with cling wrap and pop in the refrigerator for 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.
- Scoop the dough into 1 - 1 ½ sized balls (the longer you chill the easier the dough is to work with) and roll in the cinnamon sugar until coated. Freeze for around 15-20 minutes before baking, or until firm.
- To bake, place the balls about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the center is slightly puffy.
- Immediately when the cookies come out of the oven, place 2-3 chocolate chips (from the remaining ¼ cup) into each cookie. The cookies should be soft enough and warm so that the chips begin to melt and stick.
- Cool completely before serving.
Notes
Basic cookie dough recipe adapted from Anna Olsen, idea inspired by The Girl Who Ate Everything