Caramel Apple Cookies
September signifies the beginning of apple season with the arrival of fall just around the corner. These caramel apple cookies taste like the favorite treat without the stickiness and impossible-to-bite quality. If any cookie is sure to spark an obsession, it’s these! Yields about 16 cookies
Servings
16cookies
Cook Time
20-22minutes
Servings
16cookies
Cook Time
20-22minutes
Ingredients
Caramel Apple Cookie
Crumble Topping
Instructions
  1. Chop up the apples and place in a small bowl. Sprinkle a little bit of lemon juice and sugar on top of the apple pieces. Let them sweat about 5-10 minutes then put them between two paper towels and pat them dry. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, rolled oats, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy (about 3-5 minutes). One at a time, add in the egg, vanilla, and salted caramel; mix to combine between each addition.
  4. Add half of the dry ingredients, mix until combined. Add the other half and mix until the dough comes together.
  5. Stir in the apple pieces, white chocolate chips, and toffee bits. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
  6. While the dough is chilling, make the crumble topping: stir together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, oats, and chopped pecans.
  7. Preheat the oven to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out the cookie dough (I only put 4 per sheet as these spread a bit while baking). Using a spoon, create a small dip in the middle of the scooped dough. Pour or spoon in some salted caramel. Sprinkle the crumble topping over the domes of the cookie dough. Bake 20-22 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet before transferring.
Recipe Notes

You can use either store-bought or homemade (salted) caramel. If you want to go homemade, I use the same recipe that I use for my Snickers Cookies.

 

Sweat the apple before mixing it in to help get some of the moisture out.

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