With the arrival of fall, everyone is keen to get busy baking. What better way to welcome the cooler weather than turning on your oven and baking up something delicious, especially if it features fall flavors. Like others, I had the hankering to bake and knew that it had to be an autumn related recipe. The craving for cookies was strong, so I knew I had to go that route. Add in some apples that needed to get used up and the obvious choice was cinnamon apple oatmeal cookies.
These cookies turned out to be a perfect balance of soft and firm, with a distinct apple cinnamon flavor. The oats made it taste like an apple crisp dessert. Needless to say, these cookies did not last long and will become a regular part of my fall and year-round baking.
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Cinnamon apple oatmeal cookies
This recipe makes about 36 cookies, more if you make them smaller.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt (optional)
- 3 1/4 cups oats, quick oats or old fashioned oats
- 1 1/4 cups apple, finely chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars together until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
- Add flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well.
- Add oats and apples. Mix well. The dough should be slightly sticky but not overly so. If it’s too sticky, add a bit more flour into the mix.
- Roll dough into balls, about the size of a goofball, and place on cookie sheet. If you want more cookies, make the balls slightly smaller.
- Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes.
- Cool on cookie sheet for a minute and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
If you have apples to use up or a hankering a fall-inspired treat, then give these cinnamon apple oatmeal cookies a try.
Looks delicious!
Thank you. They are really good.
These sound utterly delicious and perfect for curling up on the sofa with a good tv show and one of these!
Absolutely. They are almost too addictive.
We went to the apple orchard the other day and they had very similar cookies there which were amazing!! I’m definitely going to be trying these! Thanks so much for posting this recipe! 🙂
Oh nice, I love visiting apple orchards. I’m glad to hear you will be giving these a try.
I do have a lot of apples around right now, so this is perfect! I’m definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear you are going to give them a try, they are so good! This is the best time to try all of the apple-based recipes.
They look so tasty! The perfect autumn snack too. Great recipe, this is one I really want to try 🙂
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Absolutely a great autumn snack. They are super addictive though, so don’t be surprised if you gobble them up quickly if you do give them a try.
Yum! I eat an apple just about every day. Granny Smith apples are my all time favorite. These cookies look very tasty and easy. Looks like a fall recipe I definitely need to try.
I love Granny Smith apples as well though I think my favorite variety is Pink Lady. These cookies are a fantastic way to use up apples.
These sound incredible! I am a huge fan of anything apple/cinnamon, especially this time of year. Apple screams fall for me.
They are so delicious! We ate an entire batch in two days. I agree, apples are perfect this time of year and are the cornerstone of fall.
Thanks for sharing, these look lovely 🙂
They are so good. I hope you are able to give them a try.
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I love apples and oatmeal so this really is a great one for me! Thank you!
I hope you enjoy them. Honestly, they are almost too good.
looks so good 🙂 I will try this at home
Thank you. They are delicious and oh so addictive.
Yummy! These look delicious. Apples are on sale this week. I’ll have to give this recipe a try. Plus I’ve been craving something sweet all week.
Sounds like the perfect time to give them a try. I hope you enjoy them!