I guess it’s time to confess. I am an ugly pie maker. Don’t get me wrong, my pies taste amazing.
I even make beautiful flaky homemade pie crust, but they look like a 5th grader made them.
I can never get the crust to do that pretty ripple thing that you shape with your knuckles.
Plus they are always sloppy looking, because I ALWAYS over fill them.
I know I should stop, but then I always have to put in an extra spoonful or two of filling.
Then they overflow and make a delicious pie mess. It’s why I am better at making cobblers.
Cobblers forgive you for adding extra filling.
So if you are like me, this recipe is for you: Apple Pie in cookie form.
4th of July is coming and this year you don’t have to show up with a pie that looks like it already had a firework go off in it.
Instead, you can show up with apple pie cookies. It’s genius.
Apple Pie Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¾ cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup packed Dixie Crystals Light Brown Sugar
- ¼ cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup apple pie filling
Icing
- 1 cup Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cinnamon, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla extract, scrapping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add flour mixture, mixing until completely combined. Stir in apple pie filling until evenly distributed. (You can do this by hand or with the stand mixer.)
- Using a large cookie scoop (about 1 heaping tablespoon of dough), drop rounded balls of dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Leaving space for spreading.
- Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes, or until golden brown at edges. The cookies will not look fully cooked in the center, but they will finish cooking while cooling on cookie sheet.
- For icing: In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract until smooth. Drizzle on top of cooled cookies.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon. Let icing set for 10 minutes, or until firm.
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