Apple Doodle Cookies are soft cookies with small pieces of apples, spiced with cinnamon, and then drizzled with powdered cinnamon icing.
These cookies are not your typical snickerdoodle cookies. These cookies have cinnamon in them and are topped with cinnamon icing.
Helpful tips
- Use apples that are firm and will hold up in baking. Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Gala, to name a few.
- The apples should be peeled for this recipe. A mini food processor works well for shredding the apples, or chopping them with a knife will also work.
- The butter and sugar should be beaten together until the mixture is fluffy.
- Leave enough space between the cookies on the baking sheet. You will want to give the cookies enough room to spread and not bake into the other cookies.
- The number of cookies may vary depending on the size of the cookies you make.
- Do not bake the cookies until the oven is preheated.
- It is best to use two baking sheets so that you can bake cookies faster. You can get one baking sheet ready for the oven while you have one in the oven.
- Cool cookies completely before putting them in an airtight container.
- These cookies freeze well.
Ingredients
Cookies
- Butter
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla
- Flour
- Baking Soda
- Cream of Tartar
- Salt
- Apple
Icing
- Powdered Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Milk
Steps for making apple cookies
Steps one and two
Add the butter, sugar, and brown sugar and cream together. Once everything is creamed together, add one egg and vanilla, and mix in.
Steps three, four, and five
Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix in. Fold in the thinly sliced apple pieces.
Steps six and seven
Drop by heaping teaspoons of dough on a prepared baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 11-13 minutes.
Steps eight and nine
Combine the powdered sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add enough milk to make slightly thin icing. Drizzle over the top of the cookies.
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Apple Doodle Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup finely chopped apple
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy in a large bowl with an electric mixer.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix them in.
- Peel the apple. Chop, slice, or shred the apple. Dry excess moisture from the apples.
- Add the thinly chopped apples and fold in.
- Drop the cookie dough by heaping teaspoons on to the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the icing. Combine the powdered sugar and cinnamon. Gradually add enough milk to make an icing that has the right consistency to drizzle over the top of the cookies.
Notes
- Use apples that are firm and will hold up in baking. Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Gala to name a few.
- The apples should be peeled for this recipe. A mini food processor works well for shredding the apples or chopping them with a knife will also work.
- The butter and sugar should be beaten together until the mixture is fluffy.
- Leave enough space between the cookies on the baking sheet. You will want to give the cookies enough room to spread and not bake into the other cookies.
- Do not bake the cookies until the oven is preheated.
- It is best to use two baking sheets, so that you can bake cookies faster. You can get one baking sheet ready for the oven while you have one in the oven.
- The amount of cookies may vary depending on the size of the cookies you make.
- Cool cookies completely before putting them in an airtight container.
- These cookies freeze well.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally published on April 19, 2014. It has been updated with new content and pictures on September 17, 2026.
I wouldn’t say no to apples in my cookies! These sound delicious!
I love apples baked into breakfasts and desserts. Never had them in cookies before, bet I’d love them (and so would hubs).
Looks like a delicious cookie for a good cup of coffee..
Blessings, Catherine xo
These look great – I’ll have to remember when I’m looking for recipes after apple picking this year!
These cookies are delicious. I love the cinnamon and apple combination. The icing takes the cookie to another level.
Cookie reason is coming Soon! Thanks for this interesting recipe.