Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect thing to bake any day of the year but I especially love them during fall. They are soft and cake-like in the middle with chewy, slightly crisp edges, and that delicious apple flavor and abundance of cinnamon will leave everyone craving more!
The Perfect Autumn Apple Recipe
I’ve always loved oatmeal cookies and when you add apples and autumn spices they become the absolute perfect autumn cookie! Those tiny little bits of apples in these cookies just make them sing!
I love how every season has fruits that pair with it, like bright oranges and tempting pomegranate in winter, sweet strawberries and mangos in the spring, juicy watermelon and plump blueberries in the summer, and those crisp apples and mellow pears in the fall.
And right now I’m really loving adding apples to everything! From my oatmeal in the morning, to salads at lunch, to my sheet pan meals at dinner, and now here we finish off with apples in our cookies for dessert!
Ingredients You’ll Need for This Recipe
- All-purpose flour
- Rolled Oats
- Cinnamon
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Granny Smith apples
- Lemon
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How to Make Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
- Preheat oven and line baking sheets.
- Whisk together flour, oats, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- In an electric mixer cream butter and brown sugar.
- Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
- Toss apples with lemon juice.
- Add flour mixture to dough mix until combined, then mix in apples.
- Scoop dough out using a medium cookie scoop and drop onto prepared baking sheets. Flatten slightly.
- Bake in oven until cookies are set. Cool on wire rack.
Tips for These Apple Cookies
- Another tart crisp apple can be substituted for Granny Smith. Don’t use sweet apples though, there’s already enough sugar in the dough.
- Cut the apples up very very small so not only will they bake through and become tender but that way you’ll also get apples flavor in each and every bite.
- Don’t omit the lemon, it brightens up the apple flavor a bit more.
- Don’t use quick oats. Rolled old fashioned oats will offer the best texture and flavor.
- Use the scoop and sweep method to measure flour (not spoon and level), or better yet use a kitchen scale for the most consistent results.
- Use a cookie scoop for the fastest method for scooping out dough, it will also give you even size cookies.
- For the perfect pairing serve with warm apple cider.
More Apple Recipes You Might Like
- Apple Crisp
- Apple Cobbler
- Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
- One Pan Autumn Chicken Dinner
- Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups (177g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 1 1/4 cups (120g) rolled old fashioned oats
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup (160g) packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120g) finely chopped peeled Granny Smith apple (1/4-inch cubes or smaller)
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 18 by 13-inch baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, oats, cinnamon, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter and brown sugar until combined. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
- Toss apples with lemon juice in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to egg and vanilla mixture and mix until combined, then mix in apples.
- Scoop dough out using a medium cookie scoop, or 2 Tbsp at a time, and drop onto prepared baking sheets spacing cookies 2-inches apart. Flatten them just slightly.
- Bake one sheet at a time in preheated oven until cookies are set, about 14 - 15 minutes.
- Let cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container.
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy