Apple Pie Cookies

Very good. Couldn’t stop eating them.

amazing!! my family can't stop eating them.

Well, I had been dying to try these - and I just finished baking 6 little apple cookies. Only made 6 'cause I want to see if I can freeze them. By tonight, I hope there is at least 1 left for my experiment... Took the 'really' easy way out. Bought pie crust, can of apple pie filling, and whipped caramel cake icing. (Hubby couldn't find caramel sauce at grocers - so that's what he came home with). No big deal eh! I let the pie crust come to room temperature, because it's more malleable. No cookie cutters either -used plastic water glass with somewhat sharp edge. I decided to make individual cookies because I did not want to waste anything. Cut out cookie shapes from crust. Baked them at 350F for 3 minutes using parchment paper on tray,. Sometimes the crust is mushy if you don't do this. . Oh yes - I thought the consistency of the pie filling was a little runny. So I put pie filling in a sieve, used a knife and 'cut' chunks into smaller pieces. Then gently moved pie filling around in sieve to get a bit of jelly off. I even added about 3 tbsp of water to drain off jelly as much as I could. Once filling was firmer, I added 1/2 tsp cinnamon and mixed gently. Put about 1 Tbsp on each bottom and made sure to leave about 1/4" around edge. Remolded leftover dough and made lattice out of it. Added lattice and brushed all with beaten egg and baked for 12-13 minutes. Remember bottom of cookie was already cooked for 3 mins. Removed from oven, let them cool about 5 mins. and put small amount of cake icing on top of lattice work. Note - I did not add any extra sugar, pie filling was sweet enough for me. 1 pie crust made 6 little cookies with lattice works 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 can apple pie filling (with most of the jelly removed) *** caramel sauce of your choice Long (very long) story short - wonderful !!! Little apple 'pies' hold their shape (make sure you have a napkin underneath each). Once you bite into them, They can start to break. Gently does it !!! I would make these all the time, if I were a desert person. My husband is - so it was all worth the work. Wonderful new recipe for Christmas. Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and joyful New Year !

I made square cookies instead of round ones so that there isn't a lot of waste like there is in making round cookies caused by the space between the cookies even if they touch when cutting out.

This recipes has ingredients listed for both version. If you are making the easy version you use the pie filling and refrigerated pie crusts. If you are going for homemade omit the pie filling and refrigerated pie crust. The ingredient list really should be corrected.

I wouldn't go through all the trouble of making these cookies and use apple pie filling. Use real apples. I'm not sure I read this right, take out the apples from the sauce and chop into small pieces? Huh? Who wrote this recipe?