This fall dessert recipe for Apple Butter Oatmeal Cookies uses apple butter, my favorite apple spice flavors, and cream cheese frosting.
Last Friday we took the afternoon off work and visited an apple orchard and pumpkin catch with C and my in-laws – All Seasons Orchard. It is the BEST pumpkin patch with lots of activities for kids, both little and big. C loved the animals {goats, sheep, bunnies, and chickens} and the pumpkin patch.
He also loved checking out the corn on the edge of All Seasons’ corn maze. The first weekend of November {this weekend!} is the last weekend that All Seasons will be open this year. I picked up a jar of apple butter and decided to make a new fall cookie recipe – Apple Butter Oatmeal Cookies.
These cookies are packed with apple flavor from the apple butter and apple pie spice. I added old-fashioned oatmeal to make them a bit healthier, but I still used a simple cream cheese for a few cookies. This recipe makes a soft, apple-spiced cookie.
Apple Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- 1 tbsp apple pie spice {or cinnamon}
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 tbsp softened cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp milk
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Add eggs, apple butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
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In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients - flour, oatmeal, baking powder, and salt.
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Add dry ingredients and mix until combined.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes. A longer bake will result in a crispier cookie.
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Frost when the cookies have cooled.
Recipe Notes
The frosting recipes will frost 12 cookies. Double it to frost 24.
I’m Celia. I live in the Chicago area. I'm a mama of two, runner, business owner and former Iowan. My blog includes recipes, fitness and travel posts, and stories about Chicago.
Delish!