Get ready to savor the magic that happens when our flavor combination of apples, cinnamon, and oatmeal unites, creating cookies that are nothing short of fabulous.
Your taste buds are in for a treat that will keep you craving more of this extraordinary duo!
The cookies are so delicious plain, dusted with powdered sugar, and for all my sugar lovers, with an additional layer of icing on top, which is the kiddo's favorite way!
If you're an oatmeal cookie lover and love fall flavors when it's apple season, this is nothing short of your favorite new recipe for this newest taste sensation.
This takes ordinary oatmeal cookies to the next level of yumminess.
Below you will find a recipe card that you can print off all the tips and suggestions, along with mix-ins to transform ordinary oatmeal cookies into extraordinary!
Why You Will Love These Cookies
- Soft and chewy: Oatmeal gives the cookies a wonderful, hearty texture.
- Fresh apple flavor: Finely chopped apples are baked right into the cookies.
- Warm and cozy: Cinnamon makes these perfect for fall and holiday baking.
- Easy to customize: There are so many delicious mix-in possibilities.
- Perfect with coffee: These cookies make a wonderful afternoon treat.
- Great for cookie trays: The powdered sugar or maple icing makes them especially pretty.
Delicious Mix-ins and Additions:
- This recipe is practically made for experimenting!
- Classic Additions: Chopped walnuts, pecans, raisins, dried cranberries, shredded coconut
- For a Sweeter Cookie: White chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, cinnamon chips, toffee bits, caramel baking pieces
- More Apple Flavor: Finely chopped dried apples, apple-flavored dried cranberries, a little extra apple juice, a small amount of apple extract
- Nut-Free Options: If you have a nut allergy, replace the walnuts with: sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, extra oats, toasted coconut
- My Favorite Mix-In Combination: For a particularly delicious fall version, try:
- Fresh apple + old-fashioned oats + walnuts + dried cranberries + a little cinnamon. Then finish the cookies with the maple frosting.
- The combination of sweet apples, tart cranberries, crunchy walnuts, and maple is fantastic
- Flavor Enhancers: A few small additions can really boost the flavor: 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, a pinch of nutmeg, A pinch of allspice, A little ground ginger, 1 teaspoon maple flavoring, A little lemon zest, A pinch of salt if your butter is unsalted
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookie Best Tips
- Finely chop the apples. Small pieces distribute throughout the dough and make the cookies easier to eat.
- Use old-fashioned rolled oats. They give the cookies a satisfying chewy texture.
- Don't overmix. Once the flour mixture and wet ingredients come together, mix just until combined.
- Use softened butter. Softened butter blends easily and helps create the proper cookie texture. Measure the flour correctly.
- Too much flour can make these cookies dry. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup and level it off.
- Don't pack the oats into the measuring cup. Measure them loosely.
- Let the cookies cool before frosting. Otherwise, the icing can melt right off.
- Keep an eye on the baking time. Start checking around 12 minutes. The cookies should be set but still soft.
- Just remember, if you live in a hot climate, I keep them refrigerated if it is too hot in the house the moisture may make them get moldy.
Best Apples for Baking
- Mcintosh
- Braeburn
- Cortland
- Honey Gold
- Jonathan
- Fuji
- Gala
- Granny Smith
- more tips on Apples and Baking
What Makes These Cookies So Special
These aren't your ordinary oatmeal cookies.The addition of fresh apples and apple juice gives them a bright apple flavor that you don't get from oatmeal cookies made with spices alone.
The finely chopped apples also add moisture, keeping the cookies soft.
The combination of old-fashioned oats, cinnamon, brown sugar, fresh apples, and walnuts gives them the flavor of an apple crisp tucked inside a homemade cookie.
And that optional maple drizzle of icing? It takes them completely over the top.
More Recipes We Love Using Apples
Apple Streusel Cake
Apple Pie Cinnamon Topped Muffins
Country Style Apples
Apple Fried Donut Holes
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Cookie Lovers and Our Apple Oatmeal Cookies
If you love apple pie, cinnamon, and homemade cookies, these Apple Cinnamon Cookies bring all those comforting flavors together in an easy-to-make treat.The fresh apples keep them tender, walnuts add crunch, and the optional maple frosting gives them that extra special finish.
They're the kind of cookie that feels homemade in the very best way—and one that you'll want to make every apple season.
Yield: 24
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal, apples, and cinnamon just shout fall flavors. This is the perfect drop cookie anytime of the year but great to kick off the baking season.
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 25 Min
Ingredients
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pumpkin pie spice or allspice
- Optional: a pinch of ginger and nutmeg
- 1/2 cup salted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup finely diced apple (tart in flavor like McIntosh)
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- Optional: see mix-ins under notes below
- Garnish: powdered sugar sifted or a free-flowing icing made with powdered sugar and water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt with all the spices in a bowl and blend with a fork or whisk, then set aside.
- In a large, clean bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the egg, then slowly add the dry mixture into the bowl and mix it all together until blended evenly.
- Fold in the apples and any mix-ins you're using in the batter.
- Place the dough onto wax paper and wrap it tightly.
- Refrigerate the dough for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.
- Roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for around 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees (or longer depending on how big you make the cookies) or until set in the middle and edges begin to brown.
- Cool completely.
- Garnish: serve dusted with powdered sifted sugar on top or cinnamon added to the powdered sugar
- Note: For those who love sweeter cookies, use a mixture of powdered sugar, maple-flavored extract, and water to make a free-flowing icing and drizzle icing over each cookie if desired. You can also add a dash of cinnamon, nutmeg, or pumpkin pie spice to the icing
Notes
Suggestions and Additions:
- Butterscotch or toffee chips, chocolate or white chips
- Nuts of any kind, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, sunflower or pumpkin seeds for allergies
- Coconut shredded
- Raisins or chopped dates or figs
- Dried cranberries
- Chopped maraschino cherries
- Other fresh fruits can be substituted with the same moisture content as apples ( IE chopped peaches, pears, cherries, bananas)
Best Apples for Baking
- Mcintosh
- Braeburn
- Cortland
- Honey Gold
- Jonathan
- Fuji
- Gala
- Granny Smith
Tips:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Bake the cookies on a Silpat mat or parchment paper
- Always cream the sugar and butter together first until light
- Evenly blend together the dry mixture that's been whisked together with the creamed mixture
- use salted butter
- to avoid spreading refrigerate cookies before baking at least 3 to 4 hours before baking
- cookies stay fresh for up to 4 days covered in a cool place, or they freeze perfectly and are great with the addition of nuts, raisins, and various flavored chips
- Dust with powdered sugar, cinnamon powdered sugar, or a thin free flowing icing
Nutrition Facts
Calories
108.77Fat (grams)
3.65 gSat. Fat (grams)
2.17 gCarbs (grams)
18.09 gFiber (grams)
0.65 gNet carbs
17.43 gSugar (grams)
9.75 gProtein (grams)
1.37 gSodium (milligrams)
78.82 mgCholesterol (grams)
14.56 mg
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