Apple Cider Cookies
These apple cider cookies taste just like apple cider donuts you would get from a farm! These cookies are made using brown butter apple cider, apple sauce, and a lot of cinnamon. They are brushed in apple cider brown butter and dipped in cinnamon sugar and topped with apple cider glaze.
Servings: 15 Large cookies
Calories: 204kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Plus 4 Tablespoons Unsalted butter browned
- ¼ cup Reduced apple cider Start with 1 cup of apple cider
- 1 ¼ cup Brown sugar packed light or dark
- ¼ cup White granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- 1 Large egg room temperature
- ¼ cup Apple sauce unsweetened
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
Apple Cider Butter
- 2 tablespoon Brown butter use from the butter you browned for the dough
- 1 tablespoon Apple cider regular apple cider not reduced.
Cinnamon Sugar
- ½ cup White granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
Apple Cider Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 2 ½ tablespoon Apple cider regular apple cider not reduced.
Instructions
Apple Cider Cookies
- In a medium frying pan over medium heat, melt the butter. Heat the butter until the milk solids separate and turn amber in color. Pour in a separate container. Take out 2 Tablespoons of butter and place in a separate bowl. Cool completely. You will have 1 cup total of brown butter for the cookie dough.1 cup Plus 4 Tablespoons Unsalted butter
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat 1 cup apple cider. Cook for 15 minutes. The apple cider should reduce down to ¼th cup.¼ cup Reduced apple cider
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.3 cups All-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- In a large bowl, mix the browned butter, apple cider, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla extract, egg, and apple sauce. Add in the dry ingredients and use a rubber spatula to mix until just combined.1 ¼ cup Brown sugar, ¼ cup White granulated sugar, 1 Large egg, ¼ cup Apple sauce, 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Let the dough rest while the oven preheats.
- Use a large cookie scoop to scoop the dough. Place 6 cookie dough balls per cookie sheet.
- Bake 13-15 minutes. Bake one tray at a time. Cool completely on a cooling rack.
Assembly
- In a small bowl, mix the brown butter and apple cider. If the butter is solid from cooling, heat in the microwave for 10 seconds. In a separate bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon.2 tablespoon Brown butter, 1 tablespoon Apple cider, ½ cup White granulated sugar, 2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- Take a pastry brush to brush on the butter on the cookie. Immediately dunk in the cinnamon sugar. (do one cookie at a time). There should be a lot of cinnamon sugar on the cookie.
- In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar and apple cider. It should be thin enough to pour. Drizzle the glaze on top of the cookies.1 cup Powdered sugar, 2 ½ tablespoon Apple cider
Notes
Flour- Make sure flour is spooned and leveled or use a kitchen scale. Compacted flour can dry out the cookies and cause them not to spread
High altitude baking- Add an extra 2 tablespoon of flour.
Pull out dairy ingredients 2 hours before baking.
To quickly cool the apple cider and brown butter, place them both on a plate (separate plates) and place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
The brown butter needs to be melted but room temperature before using.
Nutrition
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.05g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 212mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg