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Apple Pie Cookies

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
chill time1 hour
Servings: 10 cookies

Ingredients

For the cookies

  • 140 g dairy free butter block
  • 200 g light brown sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 270 g gluten free plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

For the buttercream

  • 125 g dairy free butter block
  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon dairy free milk

For the apples

  • 3 medium apples (peeled and chopped into small pieces)
  • 30 g light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dairy free butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Make the cookies

  • To a large bowl add dairy free butter and light brown sugar and whisk with an electric whisk until creamy.
  • Add the egg and continue to whisk. Add your vanilla extract and whisk again
  • Add the gluten free flour, cinnamon, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt. Mix well to form a dough. Place into the fridge for atleast an hour to chill.
  • Whilst the dough chills preheat your oven to 180°C and line 2 to 3 large baking trays with baking paper.
  • Take your dough out of the fridge and roll into small balls. I tend to weigh mine (around 75g per cookie) to make sure they are all the same size.
  • Spread the cookie balls out on the baking trays. The cookies will spread as they cook, so ensure to leave plenty of room around each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown and remove from the oven. They will continue to cook and firm up once they are out the oven and cool.

Make the buttercream

  • Add the dairy free butter to a large bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually add the icing sugar, continuing to beat until fully combined and creamy. Add the cinnamon and dairy free milk and beat again until combined.
  • Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag and pipe a circular pattern on top of each cooled cookie.

Make the apples

  • To a large saucepan on a medium heat add the peeled and chopped apples, dairy free butter, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Cook the apples until they are soft, ensuring to keep stirring them whilst you cook. Leave to cool.
  • Once the apples are cool spoon on top of the buttercream on each cookie. These cookies are best served on the day you make them due to the apple.