Soft and spicy apple cookies with apple flavored icing.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Apple
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Cooling 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 47 minutesminutes
Servings 40cookies
Cost 5
Ingredients
½cupunsalted buttersoftened (114 grams)
⅔cupgranulated sugar(130 grams)
⅓cuppacked brown sugar(60 grams)
½teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
½teaspoonground nutmeg
⅛teaspoonground cloves
1largeegg
¼cupapple juice or apple cider
2 ¼cupsall purpose flour(310 to 320 grams)
1cupfinely chopped applepeeled if desired
1cupchopped walnuts or pecanstoasted
Apple Icing
3cupssifted powdered sugar
¼cupsoftened butter
1teaspoonvanilla
4-5tablespoonsapple juice
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Beat until combined. Beat in the egg and apple juice until combined.
Add the flour gradually, stirring until fully blended. Stir in chopped apple and nuts.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. For bigger cookies, use generously rounded tablespoons. For extra large cookies, use a large cookie scoop.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Larger cookies will take more like 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes.
When the cookies are cool, make the icing. In a medium mixing bowl, beat softened butter, powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 4 to 5 tablespoons of apple juice. Drizzle or spread over the cookies.