Appledoodle Cookies #AppleWeek
A cinnamon sugar cookie studded with fresh apples!
Servings: 3 dozen
Calories:
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3.4 oz. box instant vanilla pudding packet not prepared
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup Imperial brown sugar
- ¼ cup Imperial granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup apples peeled and finely diced (about 1 large apple)
Coating:
- ⅓ cup Imperial granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
Instructions
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, pudding packet, baking soda, apple pie spice and salt. set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the butter, brown sugar and sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Slowly add in the flour mixture and then the diced apples, mixing until combined.
- Turn out the dough onto a piece of wax paper. Form into a ball, wrap up and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, stir together the sugar and apple pie spice coating.
- Scoop tablespoon sized pieces of dough out and roll in your hands to form into a ball. Toss in the sugar and apple pie spice mixture, coating it and then place on the prepared baking sheet. Place cookie dough 2 inches apart. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 11 minutes and then remove from the oven. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Notes
Adapted from: The Girl Who Ate Everything
Apple Pie Spice can be made by combining 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon, 1 ½ teaspoons ground nutmeg, 1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom, 1 teaspoon ground ginger and ½ teaspoon allspice. Mixture can be kept in the pantry for 6 months.