Our Apple Cookies Bring The Orchard To The Oven

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

• 2

  sticks unsalted butter

• 4

  granny smith apples (around 8-oz. each), peeled, grated on large holes of box grater

• 1 1/2 c.

  granulated sugar

• 2 tsp.

  vanilla extract

• 1 1/2

  (200 g.) all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp.

  baking soda

• 2 c.

  (160 g.) Old-Fashioned rolled oats

• 2 tsp.

  cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp.

  nutmeg

• 1/4 tsp.

  allspice

• 1/4 tsp.

  cardamom

• 1/2 tsp.

  kosher salt

Glaze

• 1 c.

  powdered sugar

• Pinch of salt

• 2

  to 3 Tbsp. of milk

Directions

Cookie Dough

1. Cook 2 sticks of unsalted butter in a pan on medium heat. You’ll notice how it’ll boil, then it will start building foam on the surface and then stop making any noise. This is when the browning starts to happen. Be careful not to over brown it, it should be a deep golden color but not dark as in burnt. Make sure to swirl the pan around carefully so that you can see what is happening at the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat and pour into a medium heat safe bowl; let cool for at least 10 min.

2. Return the pan to medium-high heat and cook the apples for around 5 minutes. Most of its water will evaporate and reduce in size. It will be ready once bits and pieces start to stick to the bottom of the pan. Transfer cooked apples to a large plate and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 375°. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

4. In a large bowl mix in the butter, sugar and vanilla and cooled apples until the mixture looks homogenous.  In a medium bowl mix the flour, oats, salt, baking soda and apple spice. Add to the apple mixture and mix until combined and there are no flour streaks left. Make sure not to overmix it.

5. With an ice cream scoop, divide dough onto trays with at least 1 ½ inches in between. There should be 8 cookies in each tray.  Bake for around 17 minutes until the top and edges of the cookie have browned. Switch the trays, top to bottom in between to even the baking. Let cool for 10 minutes.

Glaze

1. In a medium bowl whisk milk, powdered sugar, and a pinch of salt until it has a smooth consistency, around 1 minute.

2. Drizzle individually over cookies.

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