Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookie Cups
Oatmeal cookies formed into cups and baked, then filled with a delicious, sweet, spiced apple pie filling.
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Muffin Tins
- Cooling Rack
- Mixing Bowls
- Apple Peeler
- Shot Glass
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
For the Cookie Cups
- 1 Cup Butter Softened; 2 Sticks
- 1¼ Cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ Cup White Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1¼ Cup Flour
- 1¾ Cup Rolled Oats
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon
- ½ Tsp Pie Spice Mix See blog post for the mix; pumpkin pie spice works.
- ¼ Tsp Salt
For the Apple Filling
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 4 Medium Apples 3 Large apples also works.
- ¼ Cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ Cup White Sugar
- 2 Tsp Corn Starch
- 2 Tsp Cold Water
- 1 Tsp Pie Spice Mix
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon
- Caramel Sauce For topping; optional.
Instructions
Make the Cookie Cups
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease your muffin pans and line the bottom with circles of parchment paper, to make the cups easier to get out when baked.
- In your stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Mix the eggs and vanilla into the butter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, pie spice, and salt.
- Add this dry mixture to the butter and egg mixture, and mix until it comes together.
- Scoop about 2 Tbsp into each muffin cup. Then, using a shot glass, press down to squeeze it around into a cup shape. It'll be sticky and a bit messy, but it'll work.
- Bake your muffin cups for about 20 minutes. When done, remove and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully remove them and put them on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Make the Apple Filling
- While the cookie cups are baking and cooling, prep your apples by peeling, coring, and slicing them into small chunks.
- Melt the butter in a skillet. Add the apples and cook them over medium-high heat until they begin to soften.
- Add in your sugars, pie spice, and cinnamon, and stir. You'll want to melt and dissolve the sugar in the liquid from the apples.
- Mix together the corn starch and water, and add to the apple mixture to help thicken it.
- Continue cooking until the apples are soft, about ten minutes or so, depending on how large your chunks are.
- Let the apple mixture continue to cool and thicken.
Assemble the Treats
- To assemble, simply spoon some apple mixture into the cups and top with a drizzle of caramel. I highly recommend keeping them separate until ready to eat; if you leave the apple in over night, the cookies will soften up. It's still tasty, it's just not as easy to enjoy.