Apple Cobbler Cookies

By chocolatechipotle

I had some of the most beautiful Gravenstien Apples but after eating about 1/2 and making Apple Dumplings, Pork Chops with Apples and Apple Cake my family was ready to shoot me!! That is until I made their all time favorite cookies, Apple Cobbler Cookies!

Ingredients

• Apple Cookie:
• 3 c. flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1 1/2 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. white sugar
• 1 c. butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 t. vanilla
• 1/4 c. apple juice
• 1/2 c. apple butter
• 2 c. tart apples, peeled and diced
• 1 c. pecans, chooped
• 1 c. craisins (optional)
• Crumb Coating Mixture:
• 2 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 3 c. quick oats (not instant)
• 2 1/2 t. cinnamon
• 1 c. butter, melted

Preparation

Step 1

Apple Cookie:
Pre-heat oven to 325. Combine flour, baking powder, salt & cinnamon, set aside. Cream butter then add the sugars and cream together until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mix until smooth. Add apple juice & apple butter and thoroughly mix. Add flor mixture, scraping sides 1/2 way through. Mix in apple, pecans and craisins until just blended. (Dough will be sticky) DO NOT OVER MIX!
Crumb Coating:
Combine sugar, oats & cinnamon. Add melted butter and mix until all dry are moist.

Using a ice cream scoop (2.5 oz) Roll dough in the Crumb Coating and place in a sprayed muffin top pan or on a parchment lined cookie sheet (DO NOT PLACE DIRECTLY ON THE COOKIE SHEET!!!!) Bake for 18 - 20 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack.

IF USING MUFFIN TOP PANS: using a rubber spatula, push the melted sides toward the cookie away from the edge of the muffin top edge toward the cookie. This will keep the cookie from sticking to the edges. YOU MUST DO THIS AS SOON AS IT IS REMOVED FROM THE OVEN!!!
IF USING PARCHMENT PAPER: when you remove the cookies fromt he oven, the coating has melted around the edges. Using a rubber spatula push the melted sides toward the cookie. YOU MUST DO THIS AS SOON AS IT IS REMOVED FROM THE OVEN!!!

Let cookies cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the muffin top pans** or the parchment paper. **When you go to remove them from the muffin top pans, twist the cookie slightly to loosen it, then using a spatula, remove to wire rack.

These cookie freeze really well and ship really well. You can also replace the apple with peach for a peach cobbler cookie or cherries for a cherry cobbler cookie ... the cobbler possibilities are endless!!!