Caramel Apple Walnut Cookie Recipe
- Yield: 12- 2 1/2" cookies 1x
Ingredients
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2 refrigerated pie crust* tested Pillsbury
3 medium granny smith apples
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon – divided
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg- divided
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup caramel ice cream topping
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts-optional
Instructions
- Peel, core and dice apples, place in saucepan with butter, brown sugar, salt and 1 teaspoon of each spice.
- On medium heat, cook apples until soft and thickened. Remove from heat and cool.
- Unroll one crust, using a 2 ½” round cookie cutter, cut out 12 cookie rounds.
- Place rounds on a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush tops of pie crust cookies with caramel topping. Add a ½ teaspoon apple filling over top of cookie round. Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
- Unroll remaining crust and cut long strips of dough ¼ “ wide. Weave dough strips to create a lattice design.
- Cut cookie lattice with round cookie cutter to create clean edges.
- Mix ¼ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and nutmeg Brush tops with egg wash and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Bake cookies for 30 minutes at 350. Drizzle cookies with caramel sauce if desired. Best served warm.
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