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Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

My baby sister lives about 3 hours away, which seems like practically next door after eight years of living no less than 9 hours away from family. Periodically, the Godfather, A, and I drive out to meet her and her husband in Charlottesville to hang out, have lunch, and catch up. A few weekends ago, we drove out to meet them and share in the fun fall ritual of apple picking! And then I saw something which inspired me to come home and get to work on this apple recipe.

Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

We ate breakfast before leaving for Charlottesville, but after two hours in the car I was ravenous and set on having an apple cider doughnut before we started picking. This particular orchard is very large and had an entire building lined with walk up windows devoted just to selling their food. There was a variety of the usual nondescript food items, some really really tasty doughnuts, and one more thing that caught my attention… caramel apple cookies. I hadn’t really thought about putting fresh apple in cookies, and I couldn’t tell if their cookies had fresh apple or dried, but I decided I was going to put fresh apple in a cookie, and I was going to use it as an excuse to buy toffee bits because I love toffee.

Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

The result is this gloriously chewy cookie with these great layers of sweetness. The sugar blend adds a little complexity and then the toffee bits melt into the cookie just so for a candy-like chew, and the apple has a bit of a sweet bite… these cookies just scream FALL! At least they must have at the Godfather’s office because he assures me the double batch of toffee apple cookies I sent (from two of the test rounds) were gone well before lunch, and he didn’t announce to anyone that he brought them.

Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

So before we get going with the holiday cookie craze, bake up a batch of these beauties and enjoy them with some apple cider while you admire the leaves!

Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

Apple Toffee Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes

Chewy toffee cookies with fresh apples. Perfect for fall!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp stick unsalted butter, 8, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup medium Granny Smith apple, about 1 total, peeled and chopped into small cubes
  • 1 cup toffee bits, found in the baking aisle by the chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
  2. Cream together the butter and sugars.
  3. Stir in the egg and vanilla extract, scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  4. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
  6. Stir in the apple pieces and toffee bits.
  7. Using a medium cookie scoop (about 1.5 T), scoop the cookies onto the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
  8. Bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating the pans midway through baking, until the cookies are lightly golden along the edges.
  9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the pan at least 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  10. Store loosely covered at room temperature up to 4 days.

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Chewy toffee apple cookies baked with fresh apples! Perfect for fall baking

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Christina

Wednesday 30th of November 2022

Hi, I’m wondering if anyone has ever tried adding some chopped nuts to this recipe and how much? I was wondering if maybe a half a cup would affect the recipe and if they would still bake all right. I’m about ready to make them now and I don’t see any comments about nuts, but I’m hoping they turn out!

Mary (The Goodie Godmother)

Friday 16th of December 2022

They should still bake up just fine. :)

Mary (The Goodie Godmother)

Friday 12th of November 2021

yes

Jennifer

Tuesday 17th of November 2015

These look delish! I think I might add them to my christmas cookie baking list this year!

The Godmother

Sunday 22nd of November 2015

Thanks! If you do add them, I hope you enjoy!

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