Apple Vanilla Cookies
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- This recipe is made with simple ingredients.
- No baking skills are required to make these cookies like my Raspberry Cookies.
- Cookies taste delicious. Try also Amaretti cookies or Farmer Cheese Cookies.
Ingredients note
- Flour. All-purpose flour was used in this recipe.
- Sugar. White granulated sugar and brown sugar were used.
- Butter. Unsalted butter.
- Egg. Room temperature egg.
- Baking powder. Used for texture.
- Vanilla Bean Paste. Use real vanilla or paste. Do not use vanilla extract.
- Apples. Fresh apples like Gala, Fuji or Granny Smith.
- Corn starch with water. Used to make a filling ticker.
How to make this recipe
Place a baking mat or parchment paper on the baking sheet pan. Set aside. In the mixing bowl add soft butter and both sugars. Using a hand mixer whip on low speed until all combined. Use a spatula to scrape everything from the bottom and sides of the bowl. Add egg and vanilla bean paste. Whip again until all are combined. Sift flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients. Mix with a hand blender or spatula. Do not overmix. The cookie batter should be soft. Using an ice cream scoop place the batter on the prepared baking sheet pan. After that using your hands shape a ball and press lightly. Place each cookie into the tart ring on the baking mat. Refrigerate cookie dough for an hour while preparing the apple filling.
Wash, peel, and cut apples into small cubes. In the frying pan, melt butter, then add apples, sugar, and vanilla bean paste. Cook it for about 5-7 minutes over medium heat. Add cornstarch mixed with water, stir, and boil for 30 seconds. Transfer Apple Filling to the bowl and cool to room temperature before decorating cookies.
Bake cookies in preheated oven to 350oF for 15 minutes. Do not overbake cookies. Remove cookies from tart rings and place them on the cooling rack. Decorate with Apple Vanilla Filling.
Expert Tips
- Do not overbake cookies.
- Measure all ingredients correctly using digital kitchen scale.
- Tart rings help to hold shape of the cookies.
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Recipe FAQs
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Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 2-3 days.
Yes, freeze in an airtight container for a few months. I recommend freezing without apple filling.
Yes, store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days before decorating with apple filling and serving.
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Recipe
Apple Vanilla Cookies
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- 1 spatula
- 1 ice cream scoop
- 1 frying pan
Ingredients
Cookies
- 113 gr unsalted butter
- 80 gr white granulated sugar
- 70 gr brown sugar
- 200 gr all-purpose flour
- 5 gr baking powder
- 5 gr vanilla bean paste
Apple Vanilla Filling
- 4 fresh apples (cut in cubes)
- 70 gr brown sugar
- 5 gr vanilla bean paste
- 30 gr unsalted butter
- 10 gr corn starch
- 30 gr water
Instructions
How to make Cookie Dough
- Place a baking mat or parchment paper on the baking sheet pan. Set aside.
- In the mixing bowl add soft butter and both sugars. Using a hand mixer whip on low speed until all combined. Use a spatula to scrape everything from the bottom and sides of the bowl.
- Add egg and vanilla bean paste. Whip again until all are combined.
- Sift flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients. Mix with a hand blender or spatula. Do not overmix. The cookie batter should be soft.
- Using an ice cream scoop place the batter on the prepared baking sheet pan. After that using your hands shape a ball and press lightly. Place each cookie into the tart ring on the baking mat. Refrigerate cookie dough for an hour while preparing the apple filling.
- Bake cookies in preheated oven to 350oF for 15 minutes. Do not overbake cookies.
- Remove cookies from tart rings and place them on the cooling rack. Decorate with Apple Vanilla Filling.
How to make Apple Vanilla Filling
- Wash, peel, and cut apples into small cubes.
- In the frying pan melt butter, then add apples, sugar, and vanilla bean paste. Cook it for about 5-7 minutes over medium heat.
- Add cornstarch mixed with water, stir, and boil for 30 seconds.
- Transfer Apple Filling to the bowl and cool to room temperature before decorating cookies.