Apple Pie Cookies

Everything you love about an apple pie in a soft, bite sized cookie.

soft, cinnamon flavored cookies studded with apple and white chocolate bits. Everything you love about fall in a cookie! [1]

I love October, and nothing captures that better than this apple pie cookies recipe.

But today, I won’t bore you with yet another fall rambling. A large banner on my calendar cuts through this week. It means no school. Draw the conclusion.

Usually we don’t travel during the week-long breaks as our longer breaks are full out. Winter is spent in India, while summer is dedicated to internships and fun programs. But my mom and I had the opportunity to visit Istanbul- Dad has some work stuff here. I’m more of an at-home person, and the idea of Istanbul alone probably wouldn’t lure me (Mom on the other hand is all about going to a new place), but even I can’t resist the luxury of a good hotel- that’s my idea of a real vacation.

Our hotel sits on the Bosphorus, so during the day, we can see the Asian side of Turkey, separated by a gleaming body of water. Mom was like, “I love being surrounded by a body of water!” and I’m like, “The human body is 90% water, so you’re technically a body of water”. So Pun-ny. Get it?

Have you ever been to Istanbul? What was your favorite part? I can’t pick. It’s a cool place with some downright delicious food.

Today’s recipe is not Middle Eastern- there’s no point toying with the perfection of dishes found here. But this here, is another example of perfection: an apple pie cookies recipe.

soft, cinnamon flavored cookies studded with apple and white chocolate bits. Everything you love about fall in a cookie!

Soft apple pie cookies studded with white chocolate chips. I posted the video around a week and a half ago, and I apologise for not getting the recipe up sooner. I’ve been a little busy! These are everything you love about apple pie but in a cookie. Super easy to put together and, no doubt, the bomb-dot-com (do people still say that?).

DO refrigerate the dough, it makes forming balls a lot easier, and DO freeze the balls afterwards as they maintain a slightly thick and perfectly formed shape. Otherwise, you’ll end up with flatter cookies, that still taste yummy.

DO NOT overbake, unless you want a crispier cookie.

DO roll the cookies in a little extra cinnamon sugar, though this is optional. Rolling the cookie dough in cinnamon sugar results in a crisp, caramelised exterior with a burst of cinnamon. It’s worth it- trust me.

Okay, enough do’s and don’ts, time for my perfect apple pie cookies recipe.

apple pie cookies

Apple Pie Cookies

Everything you love about an apple pie in a soft, bite sized cookie.

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 [5], idea inspired by The Girl Who Ate Everything  [6]

Do you have extra apples lying around? Then I’ve got extra recipes for you to enjoy:

soft, cinnamon flavored cookies studded with apple and white chocolate bits. Everything you love about fall in a cookie!


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[1] Image: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/apple-cinnamon-cookies.jpg

[2] Print Recipe: https://hotchocolatehits.com/wprm_print/23128

[3] Pin Recipe: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/bookmarklet/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotchocolatehits.com%2F2014%2F10%2Fapple-pie-cookies.html%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fhotchocolatehits.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2FScreenshot-2023-08-03-at-12.37.06.png&description=Apple+Pie+Cookies&is_video=false

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[5] adapted from Anna Olsen: http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipe/chocolate-chip-cookies-a-la-anna-olson/2633/

[6] The Girl Who Ate Everything : http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2014/09/appledoodle-cookes.html

[7] A classic apple pie: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2012/10/apple-pie.html/

[8] Apple tarte tatin: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2017/03/apple-tarte-tatin.html/

[9] Apple cinnamon muffins: https://hotchocolatehits.com/2013/11/apple-cinnamon-muffins.html/