Fall is my favorite time of the year, and apple pies are just a significant part of the fall season. So I wanted a portable slice of apple pie for on the go and decided to make a hand-held apple pie cookie. Plus, the filling jam is just out of this world!
Apple Pie Cookies is a cookie I have been kicking around for about a year. So many possibilities and directions for flavors, add-ins, and cookie dough it took me this long.
The ingredient image contains both the chunky apple jam and the cookie dough. I was not sure I would have room for both, but it worked out fine.
Ingredients You Will Need
Chunky Apple Jam
- 2 Granny Smith apples diced
- 1-¼ cups Sugar white
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 teaspoon Apple pie spice
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon zest
Cookie dough
- 6 ounces Cream cheese softened
- 1 cup Butter unsalted 2 sticks room temperature
- 2-½ cups All purpose flour
- 1 Egg white blended with fork
Easy Chunky Apple Jam for Filling
Take the skins off of two Granny Smith apples and dice them into small pieces. Next, add the diced apples, sugar, and water and bring to a boil. Finally, add the lemon zest, lemon juice, and apple pie spice and continue a slow boil, stirring continuously.
You want the liquid to reduce and the apples to soften. Reducing took me about 35-to 40 minutes. Pour into small canning jars and screw on the lids. Allow to cool for an hour, then place into the refrigerator.
I made the jam the day before and left it in the refrigerator overnight. You can find the full recipe at Chunky Apple Jam
How to Create Apple Pie Cookies
Mix cream cheese and butter for about 3 minutes on medium speed. Turn down the mixer and add the flour. Place the cookie dough on a pastry mat and press into a flat oval shape.
Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for two hours. Take out of the refrigerator and cut the oval shape into quarters. It is easier to work with ¼ at a time.
Now the fun begins.
Flour the pastry mat and roll out a quarter section of the cookie dough. I have rings around the ends of my rolling pin, so I get a uniform thickness of 1/16 of an inch.
Using a round cookie cutter around 2-⅝", cut out as many round cookies as you can. I use the same size for the bottom and the top.
Taking around a teaspoon of the chunky apple jam, add to the middle of the circle. I put a couple of walnuts and raisins on top of the jam. Next, take a pastry brush or your finger and brush the egg wash around the outside edge.
Take the top cookie part, and I stretch it out just a little so it fits over the hump of the jam. Then I use a fork to go around the edges. It not only crimps the edges, but it looks so cute.
Finally, I used the egg wash over the whole top to give it a golden brown color. Don't forget to poke a hole in the top to let the steam out. I hope you enjoy my Apple Pie Cookie with Walnuts and Raisins!
Variety of Topping for Cookies
Egg Wash:
For the egg wash, I take a fork and just fork whip it for a couple of minutes. Adding this to the top gives the top of the cookie a shine and a lovely golden hue.
Powdered Sugar:
The cookie dough does not contain and sugar. There is sugar in the chunky apple jam, but that does not run through the whole cookie. The powdered sugar will add some sweetness to the cookie. I still use the egg wash, and when the cookies are cooled, I sprinkle the powdered sugar on top.
Icing:
Instead of the egg wash on top, you can bake the cookies and make a milk-based glaze. Then, using three to four tablespoons of milk to two cups of powdered sugar, you can brush a glaze on top after the cookies have cooled.
Sugar and Cinnamon:
You can use a ratio of 1:4. So one teaspoon of cinnamon mixed with four teaspoons of sugar and then sprinkle on top of each cookie before you bake them.
Apple Pie Cookies with Walnuts and Raisins
Barbara HallIngredients
Chunky Apple Jam
- 2 Granny Smith apples diced
- 1-¼ cups Sugar white
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 teaspoon Apple pie spice
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon zest
Cookie Dough
- 6 ounces Cream cheese softened
- 1 cup Butter unsalted 2 sticks room temperature
- 2-½ cups All purpose flour
- 1 Egg white blended with fork
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Mix cream cheese and butter on medium speed for about three minutes. Turn the mixer to a low speed and add the flour till incorporated. Move to a pastry sheet and press together into an oval shape, and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for two hours.
- Cut the oval-shaped cookie dough into quarters; it is easier to work with and roll out until you have 1/16 of an inch thick. Then, using a 2-⅝ inch round cookie cutter, cut out as many round cookies as you can get. Top and bottoms, I could get about nine complete cookies.
- Line your parchment-lined cookie pan with nine of the cut-out circles. Take a small teaspoon of the Chunky Apple Jam and put it right in the middle. Add one or two chopped walnuts and raisins on top of the jam. Brush the egg wash around the pile of jam to the edge.
- Take another circle of the cookie dough, and I stretch it just a little; you want the edges to meet the bottom cookie dough circle. Then using your fingers, press around the edges. I use a fork and go around again to crimp the edges. Brush the whole top with egg wash and poke a small hole in the top to vent.
- Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes. Bake till the tops are a golden brown from the egg wash. Move to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
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