Caramel Apple Cookies with Apple Caramel Frosting Recipe
 
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A delicious, warm, gooey, chewy, sweet way to enjoy apples all year. These are like a delicacy in the apple world!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 24
Ingredients
Cookies:
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 small Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (scant, remove 1 tablespoon) frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed but still cold
Frosting:
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 ½ tablespoons apple juice concentrate
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • ½ cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
  1. For Cookies:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg for 20 seconds, set aside.
  4. Place peeled and chopped apples in food processor. Pulse a few times to chop coarsely – creating very small chunks. In a small bowl, combine finely chopped apple (including juices from the apples) and lemon juice, set aside.
  5. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, blend together butter and brown sugar until creamy – scrape down sides of bowl and bottom of bowl, occasionally.
  6. Mix in egg and vanilla extract. Add half of the flour mixture, and then (with mixer running on low speed), slowly add in apple juice concentrate, and remaining half of flour mixture. Add apple and lemon mixture.
  7. Scoop dough with a tablespoon and drop onto parchment paper lined baking sheets – placing cookies 2-inches apart.
  8. Bake in preheated oven 11-12 minutes. Cook on baking sheet before transferring to wire rack to completely cool.
For Frosting:
  1. In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, apple juice concentrate and salt. Heat mixture over medium heat and cook, whisking constantly until sugar has dissolved.
  2. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered smooth. Spread over cookies, and immediately sprinkle with pecans as frosting sets quickly.
Notes
As frosting cools, it will thicken – so add ½ tsp. warm water at a time to thin as needed for a more spreadable consistency. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
Recipe by The Thrifty Couple at https://thethriftycouple.com/caramel-apple-cookies-with-apple-caramel-frosting-recipe/