Apple Cookies

Lalaloula's Note:

These are very fruity and soft cookies. Great for a summer picnic, but in autumn as well. =)

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 50 cookies

• 500 g apples (best use sour ones)
• 150 g flour
• 100 g oats
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 90 g soft butter
• 70 g brown sugar
• 1 lemon (organic!)
• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons orange juice

Directions:

1. Wash, core and grate the apples coarsely.
2. Combine flour, baking powder and oats in a bowl.
3. Cream butter, sugar, lemon peel, eggs, orange juice with 2 tbs of lemon juice.
4. Add flour mixture and apples to the egg mixture. Stir in well.
5. Drop spoonfulls of the dough onto a lined baking sheet.
6. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 200°C for ca. 20 minutes.
7. Let cool and enjoy.

Reviews

[Just_Ducky!!]

These are lovely cookies and a nice healthy treat, especially when using whole wheat flour. I used gala apples as that's what I had on hand. I think next time I'd like a stronger orange flavour so will use 4 tbsps of orange juice frozen concentrate and perhaps try some ground ginger and ground flax seed in them as well. A very nice, light snack. Thanks for posting Lalaloula! Made and enjoyed for PAC Spring 2011 :)

[Sydney Mike]

I love cookies, crisp or soft, but this time around it was the soft ones I wanted, & these really filled the bill there! Because of the number of cookies, I did a little experimenting in that, before adding the apples, I divided the dough in half, then to half of the dough I added Fuji apples & to the other half I added Granny Smiths ~ Just wanted to see the difference when using a sweeter apple as when using the green, tart apples! Loved them both, but I really, really liked the Fuji apples better (probably my sweet tooth shining through)! Which ever way, this is certainly a keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Beverage Tag]