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Caramel Apple Cookie Cups

These Caramel Apple Cookie Cups are the perfect dessert to kick off fall. Creamy caramel and soft, cinnamon apples tucked into a sugar cookie cup with a hidden twist. You don't want to miss out on these!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Caramel Apple, Cookie Cups
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 18 cookie cups
Author: Jaida

Ingredients

For the Cookie Cups

  • 3/4 cups butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tbsp strong brewed caramel apple coffee*
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

For the Caramel Sauce

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream

For the Cinnamon Apples

  • 2 apples, diced
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp butter

Instructions

To make the cookie cups:

  • Coat cupcake pan** with non stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together for 5-7 minutes, until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and coffee and beat until well combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until smooth. (It will be thick.)
  • Makes balls of about 2 tbsp of dough. Press cookie dough in bottom and about 1/3-1/2 way up the sides of each cupcake cup, forming a cup shape.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to finish cooling. Press the centers down with the end of a wooden spoon or the bottom of a tablespoon to create a big enough space for the filling.

To make the caramel sauce:

  • Melt butter in a saucepan.
  • Add brown sugar and heavy cream and whisk constantly over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  • Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 3 minutes, no more.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes, then pour or spoon into cookie cups, about two-thirds full, leaving enough space for the apples on top.
  • Set cookie cups aside to allow caramel to cool while you make the cinnamon apples.

To make cinnamon apples:

  • Combine apples, nutmeg, cinnamon and brown sugar in a medium pan and stir to coat.
  • Add butter and cook apples for about 10-15 minutes, or until at preferred softness.
  • Top cookie cups with apples.

Notes

*I used Door County caramel apple coffee. If you don't have or don't want to use coffee, use 1 tsp of vanilla extract, instead. 
**I used a full standard cupcake pan and half of another, for the 18 cookie cups. 
 
Source: Life, Love, and Sugar
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