Soft Apple Cookies

Soft apple cookies made with fresh apples, dried apples, and a touch of apple jelly for rich fruit flavor. These tender, cake-like cookies are lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, finished with a sweet icing, and perfect for fall baking.

Adapted from The All-American Cookie Book

Course Dessert

Cuisine Western

Keyword apple cookies, apple jelly cookies, apple softies, cake-like apple cookies, easy apple cookies, fall apple desserts, moist apple cookies, old fashioned apple cookies, soft apple cookies

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Bake time 25

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 164

Author Hyegyoung K. Ford

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup (180 g) peeled and chopped apple I used golden delicious
1/4 cup (25 g) chopped dried apple I used freeze-dried
1/4 cup (80 g) apple jelly
1 tsp (3 g ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp (1.5 g) ground nutmeg
2 cup (250 g all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp (3 g) baking soda
1/8 tsp (1 g) salt
1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter softened
3/4 cup (150 g light brown sugar
1 large egg yolk

Icing

2/3 cup (80 g) powdered sugar
1/2 tsp (2 g) light corn syrup
1-2 tbsp (15–30 ml) warm water

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Grease baking sheets with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper.
Put chopped apple, apple jelly, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small saucepan. Bring it to medium-high heat and cook for 3 minutes. When the apple releases its juices and start to thicken, add the dried apple pieces and continue to cook for another 2 minutes stirring occasionally. When the juice is mostly cooked off, transfer the apples to a small plate and let it cool for 10 minutes.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl; set aside.
In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and brown sugar on a medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and continue to beat until the mixture is well mixed and creamy. Turn the mixer to low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until combined.
Add the reserved apples and stir until combined. Let the dough sit for 5 minutes.
Scoop the dough out using a medium cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoon) and drop onto prepared baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Bake in 350˚F oven for 9-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool the cookies on a wire rack.
To ice the cookies, mix powdered sugar, corn syrup, and warm water in a bowl to make icing. Drizzle icing over cooled cookies.

Notes

Keep these apple cookies in an airtight container for several days. For freezing and detailed storage tips, see post above.

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