Apple Oatmeal Cookies offer the hearty flavors of fall. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and apples combined in an oatmeal cookie, an autumn spin on a cookie classic. The flavor is elevated with a cinnamon and maple glaze!
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Oatmeal raisin cookies are classic. But the influx of apples into my home this year with our multiple apple picking outings leaves me searching for new recipes to be able to incorporate some yummy apples! We recently picked some granny smith apples…and cookies are my thing. So Apple Oatmeal Cookies are the outcome!
Traditional oatmeal raisin cookie base is perfect for the addition of apples! Cinnamon, oatmeal, and tart apples were made for each other!
Nutmeg and honey compliment the other ingredients perfectly and make these cookies perfectly crisp on the edges and oh so chewy in the middle.
Chilling the cookie batter for 30 to 60 minutes helps prevent the cookies from spreading too much when baking. I love a chunky, thick oatmeal cookie…no thin, too crispy cookies will do. Don’t skip this step!
Chunky and thick, this cookie batter is chocked full of goodness!
Maple Cinnamon Glaze
Maple and cinnamon combine perfectly to top off these cookies with a sweet, spiced glaze. My kids devour these, packed with oats & apples, I can feel confident that it is a perfect sweet treat!
This batter is sticky, thick with brown sugar and honey. You will not regret the use of a silicone baking mat! I converted from parchment paper and I will never go back. No more wrestling with paper and the money savings are worth it, if you bake a lot of cookies!
If you are a lover of oatmeal raisin cookies, these Apple Oatmeal Cookies will be your go to fall alternative. Spiced to taste like autumn. Not gonna lie. I ate three of these cookies the first day. They are dangerously good!
Apple Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 2 Cups Old Fashioned Whole Rolled Oats
- 1¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour
- ½ TSP Baking Soda
- ½ TSP Salt
- 1½ TSP Cinnamon
- ½ TSP Nutmeg
- ½ Cup Butter Melted
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar
- ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
- ¼ Cup Honey
- 1 Egg
- 1 TSP Vanilla
- ⅔ Cup Finely Diced Apple
Maple Cinnamon Glaze
- 1 Cup Confectioner Sugar
- 1 TBSP Milk
- 2 TBSP Maple Syrup 100% Pure, Natural
- ½ TSP Cinnamon
Instructions
Cookies
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk together and set aside.
- In a stand mixer, mix together the applesauce, butter, honey, brown and granulated sugars until combined. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until just combined. Using a wooden spoon, fold in apples. Allow to chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and place about 3 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
Maple Cinnamon Glaze
- Combine confectioner's sugar, cinnamon, milk and maple syrup into a bowl and mix until combined.
- Pour glaze into a ziploc bag, snip a small corner off and drizzle over cooled cookies. Allow to set and serve.
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