These soft cake like Apple Cookies are plump full of fresh apples, chewy oats, sweet raisins, and crunchy walnuts all drizzled with a simple three-ingredient cinnamon glaze. They are sure to please all the cookie monsters in your life. I love to serve these at my fall social gatherings, along with Pumpkin Cupcakes and Pumpkin Dump Cake.
My favorite time of the year is fast approaching. Mother Nature has been kind enough to let us have a little taste of it. These delicious cookies will put you into the fall spirit, with fresh apples in every bite. They are filled with my favorite fall spices, like cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. My family and I love apples! Have you tried any of my other delicious apple recipes? Applesauce Cake, Homemade Applesauce, Apple Brown Betty, and this recipe are just a few of our favorites.
How to make Apple Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze
Start by beating the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy using a stand mixer or handheld mixer. This takes several minutes, so in the meantime, in a separate bowl, whisk together your flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, and ground ginger. Now, turn the mixer to low and add the egg to the butter/sugar mixture, beating just until incorporated. Next, add the dry ingredients in about three intervals stirring just until combined.
Turn off the mixer and stir in the grated apple, walnuts, rolled oats, and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheets covered with silicone mats or parchment paper. Bake for about 11 minutes or until lightly browned. After 5 minutes, carefully remove cookies to cookie cooling racks. When thoroughly cooled, stir together powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Finally, drizzle over fully cooled cookies.
Recipe notes and helpful tips for Apple Cookies
- Always preheat the oven and bake the cookies in the center of the oven on the middle rack.
- Cover the baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Make the first batch a test run and bake one or two cookies. This will help establish baking time.
- I grate the apple for these cookies, but you can also finely dice it.
- If you don’t like raisins, omit them or substitute dried cranberries.
- The cinnamon drizzle needs to set for several hours on the cookies before they can be stacked.
- If desired, pecans can be subbed for the walnuts.
- Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Recipe Variations
- Substitute dried cranberries and pecans for the raisins and walnuts.
- Add 1 full cup of oats for a slightly chewier cookie.
- Increase apples to 2 cups, increase eggs to 2, and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Other cookie recipes to try!
Apple Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze
Delectable soft cinnamon spice Apple Cookies that are like little apple cakes drizzled with a sweet cinnamon glaze.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 36 cookies
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Apple Cookies
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 large apple peeled cored and shredded or finely diced
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup raisins
Cinnamon Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 1/2 – 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover the baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. Using a mixer on medium, cream butter, and sugar until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer to low and add the egg mixing just until incorporated. Blend in the flour mixture in 3 intervals mixing just until incorporated. Turn off the mixer and stir in apples, walnuts, oats, and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons about 1 1/2 – 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes or until baked through and lightly browned. After 5 minutes, remove to cookie cooling racks.
- Once the cookies are fully cooled, mix together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Add the milk a little bit at a time until you have reached optimum consistency. Drizzle over fully-cooled cookies.
Notes
- Always preheat the oven and bake the cookies in the center of the oven on the middle rack.
- Cover the baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Make the first batch a test run and bake one or two cookies. This will help establish baking time.
- I grate the apple for these cookies but you can also finely dice it.
- If you don’t like raisins omit them or substitute dried cranberries.
- The cinnamon drizzle needs to set for several hours on the cookies before they can be stacked.
- If desired pecans can be subbed for the walnuts.
- Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
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Punk Mozh
This is so yummy right out of the oven. It is a fluffy cookie, and they don’t drop and spread out on the sheet, so if you wanted them flat then you gotta do that yourself!
The cloves are so yummy and in just the right amount.
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Beth Pierce
Thanks! So glad that you liked them!
Lubna
These apple cookies are looking so gorgeous and yum. Wish to grab one (read three or more) right off the screen. These look crunchy and the glaze recipe is so easy…thank you for sharing.
Shinta Simon
You read my mind. I was looking for a cookie recipe that my kid could make together and I didn’t have to worry about tons of sugar in them. Thank you for sharing this!
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Jac
These cookies look so delicious packed full of apples and walnuts and spices! Thanks!
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Dannii
I love any dessert with apples in it and these cookies look delicious!
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Jeff Albom
I love the chewy consistency with the oats. The glaze is brilliant. Thanks
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Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Jeff. So glad that you liked them!!
Cathy
I love all the delicious fall spices in these!
Kevin
The apple in these cookies are perfect! They smell so good when they bake up!
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Beti | easyweeknightrecipes
These would disappear at our house! They are SO GOOD!!
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katerina @ diethood.com
Oh my, these cookies are amazing!! That glaze…YUM!!!
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Toni Dash
My kids wouldn’t be able to stop eating these!! So good and delish!
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Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert
These Apple Cookies are on my must-make list!
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