Apple Spice Cookies
These Apple Spice Cookies are warm, soft, and absolutely delicious! They’re packed with comforting fall flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg, and apples. Bake these tasty cookies as a treat this fall!
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup Coconut Oil melted
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar substitute coconut sugar if you like
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups oats
- 1 1/2 cups apples (see note for types I like using!), peeled and chopped in to small pieces
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together coconut oil, almond butter, brown sugar, and vanilla bean paste. Whisk in the eggs the eggs.
- Add wet mixture to dry until just combined. Fold in oats and apple, thoroughly combining. Right when the last bits of flour is gone - stop!
- Turn out on to plastic wrap, forming a ball, and refrigerating for at least 2 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350. Roll dough in to 1 inch balls, and place on a parchment lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until tops are still slightly soft. Cookies will continue to cook as they cool on the cookie sheet. Move to a cooling wrack after being removed from the oven for 4 minutes.
Notes
Apple varietals I love baking with:
- Haralson
- Cortland
- Honeycrisp
- River Belle
- Grany Smith