CARAMEL APPLE OATMEAL COOKIES

Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy and full of fresh apples and caramel baking chips. Perfect cookie recipe for fall!

This oatmeal cookie recipe is absolutely amazing. Full of cinnamon and they have the most amazing texture and consistency. Add some caramel baking chips and chopped apples and this recipe is completely off the charts!

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OATMEAL COOKIES:

After trying out multiple oatmeal cookie recipes over many years, I have picked up several important tips for making the absolute BEST Oatmeal Cookies!

• Make sure that you have enough flour in the dough. If the dough is too sticky, you may need to add a little bit of flour.
• Spend a little extra time when you mix the butter and sugars. Creaming them together for 2-3 minutes will improve the consistency of your cookies.
• Preheat the oven. This will help your cookies turn out right every time!
• Use a cookie scoop! If you want all your cookies to be perfectly shaped and have them all be the same size, a cookie scoop is the way to go.
• Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Doing this will make it really easy to remove the cookies from your cookie sheet so that you don’t have to scrape them off the pan – they will just slide right off in perfect shape!
• Don’t over bake the cookies – when I take mine out of the oven, they still look slightly under baked but they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a couple more minutes so that’s ok!

WHAT KIND OF OATS ARE BEST IN OATMEAL COOKIES?

You can use quick oats or old-fashioned oats in your cookies- it really comes down to a personal preference. I really love using old-fashioned oats in this recipe, but it’s totally up to you and what type of oats you have in your pantry! If you use all quick oats, the cookies will end up being a little bit more dense and a little bit puffier. I like the texture of old-fashioned oats because it make the cookies a little bit chewier (and also like I am eating real oatmeal which makes it easier for me to justify eating a few of these for breakfast!). You can even use a combination of both types if you’d like!

INGREDIENTS IN CARAMEL APPLE OATMEAL COOKIES

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour + 2 Tbsp flour

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups butter, softened to room temperature

1 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

1 apple, peeled and diced

1 pkg (10 oz) Ghirardelli caramel chips

How to make Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Preheat oven to 350°.

Mix 1 3/4 cup flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.

In a larger bowl, cream the butter and sugars together for at least 2-3 minutes, until light and creamy.

Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for another 2-3 minutes.

Add the dry mixture and mix just until combined.

Stir in the oats, mixing just until they are fully incorporated in the dough.

Place the diced apples in a bowl and coat with the 2 Tbsp of flour.

Fold in the flour coated apples and the caramel chips, mixing just until barely combined. Do not overmix the dough!

Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto prepared cookie sheets. I prefer to use silicone baking mats, but parchment paper or lightly greased cookie sheets work fine as well.

Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes, or until the edges just barely start to brown. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CARAMEL APPLE OATMEAL COOKIES

Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy and full of fresh apples and caramel baking chips. Perfect cookie recipe for fall!

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Course: Cookies

Cuisine: American

Keyword: caramel apple oatmeal cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 36

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour + 2 Tbsp flour
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups butter softened to room temperature
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 apple peeled and diced
• 1 pkg 10 oz Ghirardelli caramel chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix 1 3/4 cup flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a larger bowl, cream the butter and sugars together for at least 2-3 minutes, until light and creamy.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for another 2-3 minutes.
• Add the dry mixture and mix just until combined.
• Stir in the oats, mixing just until they are fully incorporated in the dough.
• Place the diced apples in a bowl and coat with the 2 Tbsp of flour.
• Fold in the flour coated apples and the caramel chips, mixing just until barely combined. Do not overmix the dough!
• Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto prepared cookie sheets. I prefer to use silicone baking mats, but parchment paper or lightly greased cookie sheets work fine as well.
• Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes, or until the edges just barely start to brown. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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HOW DO YOU SOFTEN BUTTER TO ROOM TEMPERATURE?

The best way to soften butter is to set it out for a few hours before you make your cookies. Since most of us (or maybe just me!) aren’t that prepared or don’t think that far in advance, there are a few tricks to softening butter perfectly in just a matter of minutes.

My favorite way to soften butter is in the microwave. It’s definitely fast, but you do have to be very careful not to melt it. Just put the whole stick of butter in the microwave (as long as it isn’t wrapped in foil!) and microwave for about 6-7 seconds. If the butter is still really cold, try another 5-7 seconds and check it again. You may need a few intervals, and if the butter is starting to feel soft, you can shorten the final interval to just a few seconds to make sure it doesn’t start melting.

I actually prefer to use the defrost setting on my microwave – I don’t know exactly what that mode does differently, and it takes a little bit longer (closer to 30 seconds), but it seems to be easier to get the butter to soften without melting.

WHY DO MY OATMEAL COOKIES BURN ON THE BOTTOM BUT AREN’T DONE IN THE MIDDLE?

If your cookies are always burning on the bottom, it is probably a cookie sheet issue! If you are using really dark cookie sheets, the bottoms of your baked goods will tend to burn before they are actually cooked all the way through. If you use a lot of cooking spray, the same result can happen. I prefer to use lighter colored non-stick pans so that I don’t have to use cooking spray at all. As mentioned above, I have been converted to silicone baking mats over the last couple of years and I love how easy it is for cookies to come off the tray – no sticking ever!

OTHER OATMEAL COOKIE RECIPES THAT WE LOVE!

• Fudgy Oatmeal Cookie Bars
• Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies
• White Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
• Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
• Microwave Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Toffee Oatmeal Cookies
• Blackberry Oatmeal Cookies
• Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Best Monster Cookies
• Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy and full of fresh apples and caramel baking chips. Perfect cookie recipe for fall!

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