These Apple Oatmeal Cookies are a soft, moist and chewy treat just bursting with fresh Apple, hearty oatmeal and just a touch of cinnamon spice.
Why You Will Love Apple Oatmeal Cookies
- WHOLESOME – Making these cookies with simple, homemade ingredients is a perfect way to enjoy a delicious treat. Cookies are ALWAYS better homemade!
- EASY – This is such a simple, easy recipe using common pantry ingredients that you probably already have laying around the kitchen! And it’s a great recipe for beginners. Or to let your kids help out with.
- FALL FLAVORS – With apples, cinnamon and nutmeg, these cookies are just EXPLODING with our favorite flavors of the Fall!
How To Make Apple Oatmeal Cookies
What I love about these cookies is the simple, wholesome homemade ingredients that you use. Nothing too crazy here and I’m willing to be you already have most of these ingredients in your kitchen! For step-by-step instructions, check out our printable recipe card below. But here is what you’ll need to get started.
- BUTTER -We used unsalted butter. Make sure you let it soften.
- SUGAR – Just regular white, granulated sugar works so well with the oats and cinnamon flavors!
- FLOUR – You can easily make these cookies gluten free by using Gluten-Free Flour.
- BAKING POWDER – A leavening agent to help get these cookies light and fluffy!
- CINNAMON – Combined with the sugar, oats and apples, this helps give these cookie their perfectly subtle spice!
- NUTMEG – Just a hint of nutmeg for those Fall Flavors.
- SALT – It’s always important to bake with salt to balance out the sweetness of any dessert.
- LARGE EGG – If possible, let the egg come to room temperature before baking.
- LARGE OLD FASHIONED ROLLED OATS – Using rolled old fashioned oats are the best for these cookies.
- APPLE – Peeled, cored and diced. See below for options on what apples to use.
What Are The Best Apples For This Recipe?
Any good “baking apple” will work. This includes Jonagold, Granny Smith Apples, Honey Crisp or Fuji Apples. Or, you could try a combo of a couple of different ones!
Can You Use Quick Oats For Oatmeal Cookies?
We don’t recommend it. Using old fashioned rolled oats will proved the best texture for these Apple Oatmeal Cookies.
Storage and Freezing
Store cookies in an Airtight Container at room temperature. They should stay nice and soft for 4-5 days.
FREEZING BEFORE BAKING
Can you freeze Apple Oatmeal Cookies? Yep, you sure can! If you want to freeze the dough before baking, I’d go ahead and spoon them into balls and freeze them on a cookie sheet until they are frozen. From there, you can freezer wrap them or put them in a freezer bag. Put parchment paper between them to keep them from sticking together. You can then cook them from frozen! You just may need to add 2-3 minutes of baking time!
FREEZING AFTER BAKING
If you want to freeze these cookies after baking, that is super simple too! Just allow them to fully cool and wrap them in freezer wrap or put them in a freezer bag. Again, you can separate them with parchment paper. Just allow them to sit a room temperature for a couple hours to thaw out!
Other Notes, Tips, Variations and FAQs
- HOW TO KNOW WHEN THE COOKIES ARE DONE?– The outside of the cookies will become a little crispy and the top/center of the cookie will set.
- CAN YOU USE BROWN SUGAR IN THIS RECIPE? – You can use half white sugar and half brown sugar to give these cookies a little different flavor if you’d like.
- COOLING THE COOKIES– For best results, let them sit on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- MAKE COOKIE SANDWICHES!– You can use two cookies and place buttercream frosting in between them. For a yummy buttercream frosting recipe, check out my Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes Recipe!
- DON’T OVER MIX THE WET AND DRY INGREDIENTS!– One of the most common mistakes in baking is when you overmix the wet ingredients and dry ingredients. You’ll want to just stir them until they combined to make the cookie dough. This is how you get that chewy, light texture in your cookies!
Let me know what you think of this apple cookie recipe. These months between the summer and the winter are the perfect time to enjoy the cooler weather and some delicious comfort food! Turn on some football, snuggle with your loved one and enjoy these yummy apple oatmeal cookies!
Tools To Help With This Recipe
- COOKIE SHEET
- SILICONE MAT
- COOKING WRACK
- PARCHMENT PAPER
- LARGE MIXING BOWL
- STAND MIXER
- MEASURING CUPS AND SPOONS
- COOKIE SCOOP
- WHISK
FOR MORE APPLE INSPIRED DESSERTS AND TREATS, CHECK OUT:
- CRACKER BARREL FRIED APPLES
- CROCKPOT APPLE DUMP CAKE
- APPLE PIE COOKIES
- APPLE PIE CAKE
- BISQUICK APPLE COBBLER
- APPLE DAPPLE CAKE
- APPLE BANANA BREAD
- APPLE CINNAMON BREAD
Apple Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ stick butter softened
- 6 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ cup a/p flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- Pinch salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup large rolled oats
- 1 small apple peeled, cored and diced
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, cream together softened butter and sugar.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix until well-combined.
- Add egg into the mixture and mix well.
- Fold oats and apple pieces into the batter.
- Drop 8 to 10 dough balls onto lined baking sheet, about 1 ½ inches in diameter.
- Bake 12 to 13 minutes and allow to cool before serving. Enjoy!
- Yields 8-10 cookies.
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