Dutch Apple Pie Cookie Recipe
These Dutch Apple Pie Cookies are one of my all time favorite desserts. Imagine a cinnamon cookie dough, stuffed with caramelized apples and topped with a buttery oat streusel. Baked to perfection, you have to top a warm cookie with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream. It is non negotiable. I also recommend drizzling a little bit of caramel sauce over the ice cream and cookie too. You are going to love it! It is the best apple pie you will ever eat in cookie form.
Servings: 12 Large Cookies
Equipment
- 1-3 Cookie Sheets
- 1 Large Cookie Cutter for shaping the warm cookies
Ingredients
Apple Pie Filling
- 1 tablespoon butter salted or unsalted
- 3 apples cored, peeled and diced
- ⅓ cup organic brown sugar light or dark
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg optional
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger optional
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or organic lemon juice, bottled
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon all purpose unbleached flour
Cinnamon Cookie Dough
- 1 cup butter partially melted
- 1 cup organic brown sugar light or dark
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract not vanilla flavoring
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose unbleached flour
Brown Sugar Oat Streusel
- ⅔ cup organic brown sugar light or dark
- ¼ cup all purpose unbleached flour
- ¼ cup organic rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg optional
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger optional
- 4 tablespoon butter cold
Instructions
Apple Pie Filling
- Start by melting butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Then add in the diced, peeled apples and coat them in the butter.
- Add the rest of the ingredients brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, vanilla extract and flour and cook about 6-7 minutes until the apples are soft.
- Then cook another 2-3 minutes until the sauce thickens.
- Remove the filling from the heat and cool completely before using. It can be made before hand and stored in an airtight contain in the refrigerator.
Brown Sugar Oat Streusel
- Add all ingredients into a bowl besides the butter and mix together with a fork.
- Add in the cold cubed butter and with a fork or pastry cutter, cut the butter into the crumb mixture.
- Once the mixture is crumbly with pea sized butter bits through out stop mixing and set the streusel aside for later.
Cinnamon Cookie Dough
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking trays with parchment paper.
- Begin making the cookie dough by creaming together the butter and sugar together for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Pour in the vanilla extract and egg and mix together until combined.
- In a separate bowl add all dry ingredients and mix together with a fork.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and fold them into each other with a rubber spatula until the last bit of flour disappears.
- With a large cookie scoop, scoop the dough and create a pocket in the center of the dough with your fingers.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop a dollop of apple pie filling into the pocket of dough and seal the apples in and place the cookie dough ball onto one of the lined baking trays.
- Continue the previous step until 5 dough balls are on a pan and top each one with a handful of streusel topping.
- Then bake the cookie at 350 F for 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the centers are slightly underbaked.
- Once the cookies are baked immediately use a large cookie cutter (one slightly larger than the cookies) to swirl and shape them into perfect circles. You can use a cup or a spatula to push the warm edges in.
- Continue until all the cookies are baked.
- Feel free to top the cookies with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (preferably Tillamook vanilla bean) and drizzle with caramel sauce for a perfect Dutch Apple Pie Cookie dessert.
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