CARAMEL APPLE COOKIES
A tart apple can work well during this sweet cookies instruction. I used a eating apple apple, however Honeycrisp would even be nice in these cookies.
The cookie itself is soft and a touch cake-like. It pairs absolutely with the icing and fresh cooked pecans.
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| CARAMEL APPLE COOKIES |
Don’t let pumpkin steal the spotlight this fall. Instead, strive these delicious sweet cookies for a novel treat that’s explosive with seasonal flavors.
I love apples, and that I particularly love mistreatment them in fall baking recipes like these sweet cookies!
INGREDIENTS :
COOKIES:
- 1 egg
- ½ cup apple juice
- 2 ½ cups all purpose-flour
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large tart apple, peeled and coarsely shredded
FROSTING:
- 3 tablespoons apple juice
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 ⅔ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
INSTRUCTIONS :
COOKIES:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl beat the butter until smooth, about 45 seconds. Add the brown sugar, baking soda, apple pie spice and the salt. Beat on medium speed until well blended. Add the egg and beat just until combined. On low speed beat in the ½ cup apple juice. Beat in the flour until well blended. Stir in the apple.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons 3 inches apart onto the cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. The tops will look under baked. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 3 to 4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
FROSTING:
- Over medium heat, cook and stir the ½ cup brown sugar, butter, and the apple juice until the sugar is dissolved and the butter is completely melted, remove from the heat. Whisk in the powdered sugar gradually, working quickly. Use the frosting immediately, if it begins to harden stir in hot water a teaspoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
- Frost cooled cookies, sprinkle with pecans.
