Found this recipe online a while ago and just tried it out recently in preparation for a date that ended up falling through. I modified the recipe a bit — the original only made a dozen cookies, which is hardly enough to justify peeling, coring, and dicing apples (and which is probably why my roommates like them a lot more than I do), but if you’re not baking for a crowd and enjoy time on the cutting board, just halve the ingredients.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
3 cups quick oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2-3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced into ¼″ pieces
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla at medium speed
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix into the creamed mixture at low speed
- Add in the quick oats at low speed
- Slowly fold in the diced apple
- Scoop onto a greased or lined baking sheet and flatten to ½″ thickness
- Bake for 10-12 minutes
Update:
Rather than coring the apples, after peeling them, just take slices from the side. Saves a whole lot of time, especially if you’re using smaller apples.
