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!
These wonderful apple cookies have lots of chunks of apples and nuts in them!
The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is about the only time of year that I feel like I have to bake cookies. I may make a few batches of chocolate chipes for the boys, throughout the year, but rarely.
We just don’t need the calories, and who doesn’t think that cookies must be made with real butter? Not me. It’s a necessity, for me! Maybe not the best for the waistline, though.
I make so many cookies that are complicated, Hildabrotchen, Ischeler’s Tortelettes, so it is nice to have a few seasonal drop cookies to round out the cookie plates that I give to family and friends!
These apple cookies are a perfect, seasonal cookie that are not a ton of work! Of course, they are not as cute as these Santa Claus cookies, but a whole lot easier!
- Measure dry ingredients and mix together in a separate bowl.
- Dice apples into desired sized pieces. Chop nuts.
- Cream butter, until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar and cream together.
- Add egg and mix.
- Incorporate dry ingredients just until combined. Don’t over mix.
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.
I hope you enjoyed the recipe today for these Apple Cookies! Give them a try and let me know what you think!
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Apple Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup apples, chopped
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 Tbsp milk or water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix flour, baking soda, salt and spices.
- Cream butter.
- Add sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and combine.
- Incorporate dry ingredients, just until mixed.
- Mix in apples and nuts by hand.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden.
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My kids would love these. I still have apples from apple picking and these are easy enough for my kids to help in the kitchen and whip up. Love this for fall.
Yes, they are super easy and kid friendly, as well! Thank you Ali!
these look delicious! I love apples in anything
Thanks Rebecca! Yes apples are good in just about anything. Sweet or savory!
I love the ease of drop cookies! And what a great flavor combo – perfect for the holidays!
Yes, you need to have a few drop cookies in your arsenal! Thanks Allison!
I love the idea of apple cookies. Don’t know why I’ve never tried it but can’t wait to try these yummy looking cookies.
They are really super tasty, Stephanie! Thanks for the comment!
I constantly buy more apples than I could ever possibly eat fresh, so I am always looking for new ways to bake with apples. These look like a perfect and easy way to use up a few!
Yes, this is certainly a tasty way to use up a couple. You are like me, I always have extras in the drawer!
I’ve made some apple cookies before but not in quite the same way. Like the idea of the chunks of apple and nut in there and the yummy spices. Sound great!
Thank you Caroline! I love them chunky, as well!
I love apple cookies! What great flavor these have and I love how easy they are. Can’t wait to try.
Thanks so much, Julie! They are certainly easy to make!
I love spicy cookies and these sound so good with apple, nuts and spices! I really need to try your recipe as they’d be perfect as an after school snack for my kids.
Yes, they would be a great snack for ravenous kids in the afternoon! Thanks Corina!
Love the flavor combination of these easy cookie recipe! Looks so delicious!
Thank you so much Annissa! I appreciate that!
I tend to bake quite a few cookies as gifts so this easy o follow and delicious looking cookies are just right. Have never added fresh apples to cookies… bookmarking this recipe.
I love apples in baked goods! Thanks for your comment, Mayuri!
I love the idea of little bites of apple in the cookie, it will also use up the apples left over in the fruit basket as always the case.
Yes, they are great for using up the last apple in the drawer! Thanks Seema!