Made with brown sugar, apple pie spices, and browned butter, these Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cream Pies are bursting with taste! Rolled oats and a cinnamon spiked cream cheese filling add unimaginable texture, too. This fall deal with is a household favourite!
Apple Oatmeal Creme Pies
We’re no stranger to do-it-yourself oatmeal cream pies! Up to now we’ve whipped up gingerbread oatmeal cream pies and molasses cream pie cookies… and now, we’re including a cinnamon apple model to the household!
Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cookies
The key to including tons of apple taste with out making the cookies mushy from contemporary apple or applesauce? CRUNCHY DRIED APPLES! They add a ton of taste and are simply obtainable at most grocery shops or large field shops like Goal/Walmart.
You’ll additionally want:
- Flour: The one flour I like to recommend utilizing is all-purpose flour. That being mentioned, a 1 for 1 gluten free flour would possibly work if you happen to’re open to experimenting.
- Oats: Old style rolled oats work finest right here! I don’t counsel utilizing fast oats or on the spot oats.
- Spices: Cinnamon, floor ginger, floor nutmeg, and floor all-spice make up our do-it-yourself apple pie spice mix. If you happen to want, it’s possible you’ll sub 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of apple pie spice as an alternative.
- Baking Soda: Make certain yours is contemporary! Helps the cookies unfold.
- Salt: Balances the sweetness and enhances the opposite flavors within the cookies. If you happen to use salted butter, omit this ingredient.
- Butter: Unsalted works finest, however salted butter could also be utilized in a pinch. Merely omit the salt referred to as for. You’ll brown the butter, which boosts the flavour x10!
- Sugar: Darkish brown sugar is my suggestion, however gentle brown sugar could also be used if that’s what you’ve got readily available. However be aware this variation will alter the colour and texture barely I don’t counsel subbing granulated sugar.
- Molasses: Provides taste and provides the cookies their signature chewy texture.
- Apple Butter: Provides much more apple taste! And makes the cookies moist and chewy.
- Vanilla Extract: As at all times, I counsel utilizing actual pure vanilla; not imitation or synthetic.
- Eggs: Be sure you use massive eggs, and convey them to room temperature earlier than use.
- Baked Crunchy Apple Chips: I counsel the baked model, however use no matter selection you will discover. If the sizes fluctuate, you may at all times weigh them to make sure you use the identical quantity referred to as for.
P.S. I undoubtedly put extra cookies than this than seen under, however I solely put a number of right here so you may actually see what they need to appear to be earlier than and after baking!
These cookies bake at 350 levels and are really easy! No electrical mixer wanted. You’ll simply want two massive bowls!
Cream Cheese Filling
Cream filling is actually what turns cookies into… effectively, cream pies! Right here’s what you’ll have to make it:
- Cream Cheese: Be sure you use full-fat cream cheese and that it’s at room temperature.
- Butter: Unsalted works finest, however once more, salted will work. Simply omit the salt referred to as.
- Confectioners’ Sugar: To make sure your frosting is silky easy, sift it earlier than your add powdered sugar to the frosting.
- Vanilla Extract: Only a small contact so as to add taste.
- Salt: Balances the sweetness. If utilizing salted butter, omit.
- Milk: I counsel full-fat milk aka complete milk. Heavy cream will work in a pinch though it’s possible you’ll want so as to add a bit extra.
- Cinnamon: Provides the right contact of taste to the cream cheese frosting.
- Apple Butter: Will get unfold on prime of the cream cheese for one more apple pop! So scrumptious and fairly!
I prefer to scrape the creamed combination right into a piping bag and pipe it onto the cookies, however you may additionally use a big ice cream scoop to divide it among the many cookies.
Extra Apple Recipes:
Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cream Pies
Made with brown sugar, apple pie spices, and browned butter, these Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cream Pies are bursting with taste! Rolled oats and a cinnamon spiked cream cheese filling add unimaginable texture, too. This fall deal with is a household favourite!
Substances
For the Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cream Pies:
- 2 cups (240g) all-purpose flour
- 3 cups (280g) old school rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons floor cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon floor ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon floor all-spice
- 1/4 teaspoon floor nutmeg
- 1 cup (227g) unsalted butter
- 2 cups (426g) darkish brown sugar packed
- 2 and 1/2 Tablespoons (50ml) molasses not blackstrap
- 2 Tablespoons (41g) apple butter
- 1 Tablespoon (14ml) vanilla extract
- 2 massive eggs room temperature
- 1 3.4 ounce bag common baked crunchy apple chips roughly chopped
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 cup (227g) full-fat cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter room temperature
- 4 and 1/2 cups (513g) confectioners’ sugar sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons (28ml) complete milk
- 1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
- 1/4 cup (82g) apple butter
Directions
For the Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cream Pies:
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Preheat the oven to 350 levels (F). Line two massive baking sheets with parchment paper and put aside.
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In a medium bowl, mix the flour, oats, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, all-spice, and nutmeg. Put aside till wanted.
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In a big saucepan over medium warmth, soften the butter. Proceed cooking, stirring regularly with a wood spoon, till the butter smells nutty and is a lightweight golden brown colour with tiny golden specks on the underside of the pan.
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Take away from warmth and scrape the butter, and all brown butter bits which have settled on the underside of the pan, into a big mixing bowl.
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Whisk within the brown sugar and beat effectively to mix, about 3 minutes. Whisk within the molasses, apple butter, and vanilla, beating till all the pieces is effectively mixed, about one other minute.
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Whisk within the eggs, one by one, beating till eggs are absolutely included into the batter.
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Utilizing a rubber spatula, fold in half of the dry components. mixing simply till all the pieces is mixed. Combine within the remaining dry components and apple chips, mixing simply till mixed, and make sure you scrape the edges and backside of the bowl a number of instances to make sure the batter is evenly mixed.
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Don’t chill cookie dough! This cookie dough is finest baked instantly. Utilizing a big spring loaded scoop, drop 3 tablespoon-sized parts of cookie dough (70 grams) onto the ready baking sheet. Repeat with all cookie dough, leaving 2-inches between every cookie for spreading.
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Bake, one tray at a time, for 11 minutes, or till unfold out and flippantly golden brown in colour.
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As quickly because the cookies come out of the oven, use a spatula to softly press in any edges that unfold an excessive amount of whereas baking, creating completely spherical cookies.
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Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes then switch to a cooling rack to chill utterly. Flip the cookies over so that they’re able to be crammed.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
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Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a big bowl utilizing a handheld electrical mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter on medium-speed till utterly easy.
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Scale back the velocity to low and steadily add within the confectioners’ sugar, beating till the entire sugar is totally mixed. Add within the vanilla, salt milk, and cinnamon and beat easy.
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As soon as the entire components have been included, improve the velocity to medium-high and beat for a minute, or till very fluffy.
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Scrape the frosting into a big piping bag fitted with a big open spherical piping tip.
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Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the underside aspect of 1 cookie, piping it within the heart of the cookie and leaving a ¼” border across the edges (the frosting will unfold when pressed). Then prime with a teaspoon of apple butter. Place one other cookie on prime and flippantly press to seal them collectively. Repeat with all cookies.
