Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

Published September 29, 2017. Updated October 26, 2018

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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!

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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!

Stack of multi-colored apples in wooden bucket.

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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Image of diced bits of apples over cookie dough in a mixing bowl.

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.

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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.

Tall stack of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
4.78 from 71 votes

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

A delicious, soft cake-like cookie filled with oats, loaded with tiny chunks of apples and swirled with plenty of cinnamon. The perfect cookie to make on fall weekends!
Servings: 19 cookies
Prep15 minutes
Cook30 minutes
Ready in: 45 minutes

Ingredients

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

Notes

Use rolled old fashioned oats for best results. Don't substitute quick oats.
Dice apples into tiny bites so they cook through and soften by the time cookies are done.
Nutrition Facts
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 134 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 71mg3%
Potassium 50mg1%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 165IU3%
Vitamin C 0.5mg1%
Calcium 15mg2%
Iron 0.7mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

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207 Comments

  • Amy

    I tried these tonight and I normally prefer cookies less sweet but these needed more sugar and cinnamon. I found the recipe as is way too dry as well. With a few adjustments, I think these could be pretty good cookies

  • Trix

    I made a batch of these for my kids teachers for the end of the first week. Huge hit. I’ve had to make a batch for here! Earned a place in my bookmarks! <3

  • Kim

    So good! These turn out perfect! Tons of flavor, soft and chewy texture. Loved by adults and toddlers :) I was worried by a few reviews of being bland or too muffin like and did not find wither of those to be true. I saved this and will come back to it often!

  • KB

    These are closer to muffins, I wouldn’t say they are cookie consistency but enjoyed the light flavour and ease of making these. I remade them as muffins and added in 1 tablespoon of molasses and the family loved them!

  • Jasmine Steel

    I agree – very dry. I had to quickly add butter and milk at the last minute as I only had one egg. I think they needed more sugar too:-(

  • KayDubb

    Other reviewers are right, the ingredient list as written makes this cookie too dry (and kind of bland). So I added an extra egg, cut back on flour, and grated my apples to overcome that which helped. I don’t mind cakey cookies but the first batch needed some cinnamon sugar topping for flavour; the next batch was better when I added nuts and cranberries batter. I love most of your recipes and appreciate your efforts but won’t be making these again. Sorry!