Apple Cookies – Easy Drop Cookie for the Fall!
These Apple Cookies are so delicious! Apple Cookies are drop cookies, the easiest cookie you can make! The inside is soft and chewy and the apples and nuts give them a nice, crispy crunch!
Happy National Cookie Day!
When the days start to cool and get shorter we all need some comforting treats to eat. The other plus is being able to turn the heat on to warm up this old farmhouse.
These easy apple cookies have all of the flavors of fall. These wonderful apple cookies have lots of chunks of apples and nuts and those warming fall spices in them.
They are perfect to send in the kids’ lunch boxes and great for an afternoon snack.
What you need
- flour – all purpose flour
- baking soda
- cinnamon – ground
- cloves – ground
- nutmeg – ground
- salt
- butter – use unsalted butter when baking
- eggs use large eggs
- apples – use apples that are in season. Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Empire, Cortland, McIntosh, etc.
- nuts – preferably pecans or walnuts
- powdered sugar -for optional glaze
- milk or water -for optional glaze
These cookies are not only great in the fall they are incredibly easy. And… everyone loves them.
How to make them
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Use a stand mixer to mix these cookies, or my by hand.
- Mix flour, baking soda, salt and spices.
- Cream butter.
- Add sugar. Beat until dough is light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and combine.
- Incorporate dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, just until mixed.
- Mix in apples and nuts by hand.
- Place rounded teaspoon piece (or use a small cookie scoop) of dough on parchment covered baking sheet. (or place on silicone baking mats)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden.
- Remove to wire rack to cool.
Mix in chopped nuts and apples by hand. Place teaspoon sized chunks on cookie sheet about 2″ apart. Bake 350°F for about 10-12 minutes.
Pro tips for your success
- Always use unsalted butter for baking.
- Allow butter to come to room temperature for at least an hour.
- When creaming the butter and sugar, keep beating them until the color is a very light yellow and the texture is creamy.
- Always measure all of your ingredients before starting to put the recipe together. This will ensure that you don’t forget a crucial ingredient.
- Rough chop apples and nuts.
Why does this recipe work?
- These cookies have all of the warming flavors of fall. Namely cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, in other words apple pie seasoning.
- Perfect for when you are on the run.
- Great for after school snacks.
- Great for the lunchbox.
- Incredibly easy.
- They taste fantastic and everyone loves them!
These apple cookies are the easiest cookies for the fall. For more fall and winter flavors, give these gingerbread thumbprint cookies a try.
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Apple Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup apples, chopped
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon milk or water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Use a stand mixer to mix these cookies, or mix by hand.
- Mix flour, baking soda, salt and spices (or substitute store bought or homemade apple pie spice.)2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- Cream butter.1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
- Add sugar and beat until dough is light and fluffy.1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Add eggs and combine.2 eggs
- Incorporate dry ingredients, just until mixed. Do not overmix.
- Mix in chopped apples and nuts by hand.1 cup apples, chopped, 1 cup nuts, chopped
- Place rounded teaspoon piece of dough (or use a small cookie scoop) on parchment paper covered baking sheet. (or place on silicone baking mats)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden.
For glaze
- Mix powdered sugar with milk or water until lumps disappear. Mix by hand or with a mixer.2/3 cup powdered sugar, 1 Tablespoon milk or water
- Drizzle onto cookies.
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Originally published December 4, 2018 Updated November 9, 2021.
These look great! Can you please provide the details for the glaze? It seems to be missing from the recipe.
The glaze is just powdered sugar mixed with water or milk. Just add enough to get it to drizzle. You can mix by hand or with a mixer. Thanks for checking out the recipe Liz!