Glazed Apple Oatmeal Cookies
These Glazed Apple Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy and loaded with flavor. Packed with apples, fall spices, and topped with a deliciously sweet glaze!
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups old-fashioned oats
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cups unsalted butter softened
- 1¼ cups light brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 egg
- ¼ cups milk any kind (I used 2%)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 1 cup diced apple (about 2 apples. I used fuji, but any kind will do)
Glaze:
- 1½ cups confectioner's sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons milk , any kind (I used 2%)
Instructions
Make the cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two large baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, flour, apple pie spice, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar with a hand mixer or stand mixer with fitted paddle attachment until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Beat in egg, ¼ cup milk, and vanilla.
- Pour wet ingredients into oat mixture, about a ½ cup at a time, stirring until just combined. Gently fold in apples.
- Drop mixture by about 1 heaping tablespoon onto prepared baking pans about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then move to wire racks to cool completely.
Make the glaze:
- While cookies are cooling, prepare glaze. n a small bowl, whisk together the confectioner's sugar and 2 tablespoons milk. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
Notes
- From Paula Deen's Fall Baking - 2014 magazine.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 491mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 528IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg