This is a very easy recipe. These cookies are very soft and you can definitly get a lot of apple flavor in them. I think the hardest part about the entire recipe is shredding the apple.
Caramel Apple Cookies
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon apple pie spice (nutmeg, cinnamon, and all spice)
1/4 teasppon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup apple juice or milk
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 large tart apple (granny smith) peeled and coursely shredded
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons apple juice
2 2/3 cups powdered sugar
In a large mixing bowl beat 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add 1 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, applie pie spice and salt. Beat until well combined. Beat in egg until well combined. Add 1/2 cup apple juice and beat on low. MIXTURE WILL LOOK CURDLED! Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in the remaining flour. Fold in apple.
Drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. bake for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until tops are lightly browned. Let stand 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
In a small sauce pan heat and stir 1/2 cup brown sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, and 3 tablespoons apple juice over medium heat until dissolved. Whisk in powdered sugar. Spread on tops of cookies. Sprinkle with pecans if desired.
**If frosting hardens, stir in small amount of apple juice.
