Description
These gluten-free caramel apple cookies are a delightful treat, featuring the perfect blend of warm apple flavors, rich caramel bits, and butterscotch chips. Soft and chewy with a hint of apple sauce, they are ideal for satisfying your sweet tooth while remaining gluten free.
Ingredients
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Dough Ingredients
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- 2/3 cup Butter Flavoured Crisco
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
Mix-ins
- 1 cup Skor Bits
- 1 cup Butterscotch Chipits
Instructions
- Preheat the Oven: Set your oven to 350°F (175°C) and allow it to preheat fully while you prepare the cookie dough. This ensures even baking.
- Cream Wet Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, combine the Butter Flavoured Crisco, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Use an electric mixer to beat the mixture until creamy and smooth, with no large lumps of sugar remaining.
- Add Egg, Apple Sauce, and Vanilla: Crack in the large egg, add the apple sauce, and pour in the vanilla extract. Continue mixing with the electric mixer until the mixture is fully incorporated and smooth.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Add the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Flour, salt, baking soda, and xanthan gum to the wet mixture. Blend with the electric mixer until all the flour is integrated and the cookie dough is uniform.
- Stir in Caramel & Butterscotch: Add Skor Bits and Butterscotch Chipits to the dough. Use a rubber spatula to gently fold these in, ensuring they are distributed evenly throughout the dough.
- Shape the Cookies: Using a 1 Tbsp scoop, drop dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Alternatively, roll dough into one-inch balls, spacing each at least two inches apart on the baking sheet to allow for spreading.
- Bake: Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown around the edges but still soft in the center.
- Cool the Cookies: Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan for a couple of minutes. Then, transfer them gently with a spatula to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
- Serve and Enjoy: Once cooled, serve these delightful caramel apple cookies and enjoy their chewy, flavorful goodness!
Notes
- Ensure all ingredients, especially the baking ingredients, are labeled gluten-free to avoid cross-contamination.
- The cookies will appear slightly soft in the center when first removed from the oven but will firm up as they cool.
- You can substitute butter for Butter Flavoured Crisco for a different flavor if not dairy-free is required, but texture may vary.
- Add a pinch of cinnamon for a spiced apple flavor if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 65mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 0.7g
- Cholesterol: 4mg
