Caramel Apple Cookies
Couple weeks ago at our Fall Faire bake sale I noticed some cookies, Caramel Apple Cookies, and I thought “hunh I should get some of these”. Apparently everyone else had the same idea because when I went back to get some they were, surprise surprise, gone. And, of course, everyone was talking about how good they were. Double damn, I missed out on good cookies. The next week folks were still STILL talking about how good the cookies were. Seriously? And I didn’t get any?
Only one way to remedy, google+experimentation=cookies. Yum. I love this kind of ‘hard work’. I messed around with a couple recipes and tweaked them to fit what I had or didn’t have. The recipes are all out there, for any size, shape, style, type of caramel apple cookies. I played with the caramel pieces a bit, melting some whole caramels right on top of the cookies and then trying some wrapped inside the cookies. I preferred them wrapped inside the cookie because the caramel stayed softer. But 2 others in my house liked a big pool of melted caramel on top of the cookie even if it was a bit harder to chew. One in my house preferred NOT to like them at all, perfectly fine with me, more for us.
Caramel Apple Cookies
1 cup of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
8 packets Hot Apple Cider powdered mix
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 TBSP of
2 eggs
2 3/4 cup of flour, I used a fair amount of whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 bag of caramels, amount will vary depending on how many cookies you make, size of cookies, amount of caramel added
in a stand mixer cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy
add the apple cider drink mix and the cinnamon and mix well
add the
in a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and soda
stir into the sugar mixture until well combine
refrigerate at least an hour
preheat oven to 350˚
unwrap some caramels to get ahead, if you want you can cut the caramels in half or quarters-I tried halves and whole
form cookies about the size of a Tablespoon and either wrap a caramel chunk up inside of the dough or poke it down on top of it
bake on cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes
remove before they catch on fire
let rest 2-3 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to a cooling rack
makes a varying amount depending again on what size cookies you make
Peace and Love–
Oh wow, Laura, these cookies look amazing! What a fantastic fall treat! If you have time, I wonder if you would share them with the Let's Do Brunch linky on my site? I just love the idea of wrapping a caramel in cookie dough – yum!
Thats a fantastic cookie. the caramel oozing out of the cookie is just awesome
Oh my goodness that looks so yummy! I am going to the store right now to get the ingredients and I will make them up this afternoon….:)
Those are so beautiful!
I hate it when I miss out on seriously good cookies. But since they said caramel, I'd have been on them like the proverbial cop on a donut. No offense to cops.
These cookies are BEYOND gorgeous. I want some!
I HAVE to try this recipe.
Thank you so much for sharing.
What a perfect Fall treat!
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Caramel and apples, perfect combo in a cookie! I'll have to do that next time! I did an apple cookie with walnuts and white chocolate:
http://chocotuile.blogspot.com/2011/10/chewy-apple-drops.html
Can you tell me which powder mix you used? Thank you!
I LOVE these cookies. I just tried making them for the first time and I'll admit that I was skeptical with the 8 packets of apple cider. But they are delicious! I used caramel bits, which are like baking chips, and just put them in the middle of each cookie. If I use those again next time I think I'd just put them in like I would chocolate chips. Great recipe!!
Every time I make these the caramel spreads out and the cookie is hard and flat. I’ve made these two years in a row! Please advise
Interesting! I just took a look at the recipe and I will remake it in the next week and see if I have any problems with it. I have a couple of ideas though. 1) did you use some whole wheat flour? I recall using roughly half whole wheat in this recipe. 2) did you use real butter? it does make a huge difference. 3)have you tried cooking them for a shorter amount of time?