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Stacked apple butter cookies on a cookie sheet with a bite taken out of the top cookie.

Apple Butter Cookies

Timeless Dishes
These apple butter cookies are warm, chewy, comforting, and perfectly spiced! Best of all these cookies are made with NO EGG, made in ONE BOWL, are NO CHILL, and made in LESS THAN 30 minutes! Not to mention these cookies are perfectly chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside with swirls of real apple butter! These cookies are sure to be a hit at your next party, family event, or holiday!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 24 Cookies
Calories 182 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Stand mixer or hand mixer
  • 1 Parchment-lined baking sheet
  • 1 Small bowl For cinnamon sugar

Ingredients
  

Apple Butter Cookies

  • 1 Cup Unsalted butter Room temperature and softened
  • 1 1/2 Cup Granulated sugar Plus more for rolling
  • 2 Tbsp Ground flaxseed 2 Flax eggs (2 tablespoon ground flax mixed with 4 tablespoon water) OR 2 large eggs
  • 2 Tsp Vanilla extract
  • 3 Cups All-purpose flour  or 1:1 gluten free flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking soda
  • 1 Tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 2 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 Cup Apple butter Homemade or store bought

Instructions
 

Apple Butter Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Parchment line a baking sheet. Prep your flax eggs by mixing together the ground flaxseed and water. Set aside for 5 minutes.
    Snickerdoodle ingredients such as butter sugar, flaxseed meal, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, flour, salt and cinnamon.
  • Use a stand mixer, or hand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream together the softened butter, and sugar for 2-3 minutes on medium speed until well combined and fluffy.
    Butter and sugar creamed together until fluffy in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
  • Then add the flax eggs, and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix on medium speed until just combined.
    Flax egg being added to creamed butter and sugar mixture in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
  • Then add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to the cookie mixture. Then mix on low speed until just combined (avoid overmixing the batter).
    Adding dry ingredients to sugar cookie dough in a white bowl.
  • Add 1/4 cup of apple butter to the cookie mixture and combine using a spatula, OR your stand mixer on low speed with a paddle attachment, slowly until just combined.
    Apple butter added to sugar cookie dough in a white mixing bowl.
  • Then take 2 tablespoon of the sugar cookie dough, roll in your hands into a ball, and then roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Place on a baking sheet. Continue this process until you have the desired amount of cookies.
    Snickerdoodle dough ball sitting in a bowl of cinnamon sugar.
  • Arrange 6 cookie dough balls per baking sheet. Flatten the cookie dough balls with your hands slightly. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes.
    Unbaked apple butter cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Then enjoy!
    Apple butter cookie that is baked and sitting on a cooling rack.

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Notes

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Nutrition

Serving: 1CookieCalories: 182kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 114mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 238IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
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