I love making old-fashioned cookies like these and taking them up a notch, don't you? These Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies have little bits of apple and hints of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon in the cookie dough! Once baked, you get amazing apple-icious cookies. The 'taking them up a notch' is the delicious, buttery caramel frosting swirled on top! Super delish!!
For those who like salted caramel, give it a pinch or two of sea salt. I tried it, it's really good! 🙂
These cookies remind me of the home-made cookies you get back home on the farm when visiting your sweet Aunt Bea, with Granny Smith Apple trees in the back yard. You can imagine, right?
Ok, my Aunt Bea had a dairy farm and made the most delicious home-made vanilla ice cream, but if she had apple trees, she would have served these Ultimate Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies! I'm sure of it!
If you have company coming over, you should throw a batch in the oven. They smell ridiculous!! Heavenly ridiculous! I'm telling ya!
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August is gone...makes me sad. Thank goodness, I have these cookies to make it better, thank you!
I love summer, and fall is wonderful too, it's just that next season that really bugs the crap out of me. But I can deal with Fall and these cookies are excellent for Fall baking with all the spices, caramel and apples that are perfect for the season!
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Ultimate Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies
Ingredients
Apple Drop Cookies
- ½ cup butter softened
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup apple juice or apple cider
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped peeled apple
Caramel Frosting
- 6 Tablespoons butter softened
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
Apple Drop Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves and beat until well combined.
- Beat in the egg and apple juice until well combined.
- Add flour and diced apples and beat until just combined not overmixing.
- Drop dough by a rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheet.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets or by using parchment paper.
- Bake in a 375 degrees oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown or until tops spring back when pressed.
- Cool on sheets for 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Caramel Frosting
- In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, cream, brown sugar and salt, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until mixture just begins to boil; remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Let cool, then stir in the powdered sugar to make a good frosting consistency.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cookies.
- Sea Salt optional.
- If you like, sprinkle with freshly grated nutmeg.
- Store in an air-tight container in refrigerator.
Notes
You could add your favorite nuts or caramel bits in the cookie dough too.
ChocolaTess says
You are so sweet Karly! I have the same problem when I go to your site!! 🙂 LOL
Karly says
Caramel apple cookies!? Does it even get any more delicious than that!? These look to die for! You seriously leave me drooling every time I stop by!
ChocolaTess says
Thank you Teresa! 😉
teresa says
These look so yummy, Kim. I love the icing. 🙂