Apple Oatmeal Cookies
Soft and chewy cinnamon apple oatmeal cookies are filled with sweet apple flavour! It is a chewy cookie that has apple pieces, walnuts, and cinnamon throughout. After the cookies are baked, they're topped with a sweet maple glaze.
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 3/4 cups dark brown sugar light brown works too
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped apples
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
Maple Glaze
- 3/4 cups icing sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C and line two baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and applesauce. Whisk until well combined.1/4 cup unsalted butter, 1/3 cup applesauce, 3/4 cups dark brown sugar, 1/3 cup white sugar
- Add in egg and vanilla and continue whisking.1 egg, 1 tbsp vanilla
- Add in flour, oats, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Using a spatula, gently fold until a soft cookie dough forms.2 cup rolled oats, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt
- Add in chopped apples and walnuts and mix in a few times.1/2 cup finely chopped apples, 1/4 cup walnuts
- *If your dough is sticky and way to soft, stick in the refrigerator for 30 minutes prior to scooping*. Scoop 6 cookie dough balls on each tray at a time. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until the edges are a light golden brown and the middle is slightly puffy. The cookies shouldn't spread out to much.
- As the cookies cool, make the maple glaze by adding the maple syrup, icing sugar, and vanilla into a small bowl and mix. Once cooled, drizzle the cookies with the glaze, allow to set, and enjoy!