Apple Pie Crumb Cake Cookies 🍂

Soft-baked cinnamon cookies filled with warm apple pie, drizzled in caramel, and topped with buttery crumble.

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

• Softened butter — ¾ cup (170g)
• Brown sugar — ½ cup (100g)
• Granulated sugar — ¼ cup (50g)
• Large eggs — 2
• Vanilla Extract — 1 tsp
• Ground cinnamon — ½ tsp
• Salt — 1 tsp (6g)
• All-purpose flour — 2½ cups (300g)
• Baking powder — 1½ tsp (7g)
• Cornstarch — 1 tbsp (8g)
• Total dough weight: ~742g
• Each dough ball: ~124g (4.4 oz)

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

• Melted butter — 2 tbsp (28g)
• Granulated sugar — ¼ cup (50g)
• Ground cinnamon — ½ tsp

Apple Pie Filling

• Large apples — 2, peeled and diced
• Butter — 2 tbsp (28g)
• Brown sugar — ¼ cup (50g)
• Ground cinnamon — ½ tsp
• Cornstarch — 2 tsp (5g)
• Lemon juice — 2 tsp
• Nutmeg — a pinch

Caramel Drizzle

• Soft caramels — 7
• Cream — 1 tbsp (15ml)

Crumble Topping

• All-purpose flour — 3 tbsp (22g), toasted
• Salted butter — 2 tbsp (28g)
• Brown sugar — 3 tbsp (38g)
• Ground cinnamon — a pinch

Instructions

1- Apple Pie Filling
Cook apples with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, lemon juice, and nutmeg for 3–4 mins until soft. Set aside.

2- Cookie Dough
Cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
Add eggs, cinnamon, salt, flour, baking powder, and cornstarch.
Mix into a soft dough.
Refrigerate dough for about 1 hour.

3- Shaping & Baking
Grease 4” cookie rings if using.
Place 124g dough ball in center and press gently to fill ring.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 13–14 mins.
While warm, press bottom of a glass into center to make a dent.
Broil tops for 2 mins on lower rack.

4- Cinnamon Sugar Coating
Brush cookies with melted butter.
Dip into cinnamon sugar mixture.

5- Filling & Caramel
Spoon apple filling into each cookie.
Melt 7 caramels with 1 tbsp cream and drizzle over top.

6- Crumble Topping
Toast flour on baking sheet at 350°F (175°C) for 5–6 mins.
Rub toasted flour, brown sugar, and butter together with hands until crumbly.
Top cookies with crumble.

Recipe yields 6 cookies, each about 6.5 oz (185g)

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