Apple Crisp Cookies with a pie crust bottom, sweetened spiced apples and a brown sugar and oat crust.
A couple of years ago I came across some adorable Pinterest photos of Apple Pie Cookies, like with the cute crust and everything. It looked great and all but my favorite apple dessert is Apple Crisp as evidenced by my Double The Crisp Apple Crisp and Apple Crisp Pie recipes.
The best part about this recipe is that the topping is as equally easy as it is cute. You don’t have to worry about the cookies looking delicious, the crumble will take care of that for you and the bottoms brown nicely because of the pie crust. The inside is still delicious, chewy, moist and still has a hint of liquid filling. Think of this cookie as 80% crust and 20% apples. That’s my kind of apple dessert! 😉
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Apple Crisp Cookies
Apple Crisp Cookies with a pie crust bottom, sweetened spiced apples and a brown sugar and oat crust. Just enough filling to make it feel healthy!
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust (you can make half that recipe)
- 5 Granny Smith apples , peeled and diced
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar , packed
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2/3 cup rolled oats (not instant)
- 10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter , diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add baking spray or grease regular muffin tin (you'll use it twice or spray two muffin tins).
- Cut 24 two inch circles out of your pie crust.
- If you need to gather your scraps and re-roll them to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Add the pie crust to the muffin tins.
- In a small saucepan add the apples, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and cornstarch.
Cook for 5-7 minutes until the apples are softened and thickened.
- To make the crisp topping, add the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, salt, oats and butter to a bowl and combine with either a hand mixer or pastry cutter.
- Add one tablespoon of apple filling to each muffin well.
- Add two tablespoons of the crumble topping on top.
- I give the tops a quick spray with canola oil, but it is totally up to you. I find it helps hold the topping together.
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Let cool completely before carefully removing.
I followed the recipe exactly as written and these were fabulous!
Yay! Thanks for the 5 stars, Terri.
This receipe is the best one I ever did, it is succulent and easy to make. Merci !
Yay! Thanks for the 5 stars, Diane.
I’ve made these for years! They are soooo good! And sooo easy!! I actually make a caramel sauce and drizzle over the top! So yummy!
That sounds heavenly!
Made a Gluten Free version of pie crust. Apples abound from our tree. Substituted Almond and coconut flours in lieu of APF in crumble. As one rater said, “didn’t look like picture” but they were a hit of the crowd!
What can i use instead of pie crust? GF would be better for me.
You can always make a GF pie crust or buy a premade one.
Just made these today and my husband gives them a thumbs up. They are very good. I told him mine don’t look like the picture and he didn’t care because they were so good. In your pic you can see some apples and everything is nicely caramelized but mine don’t look anything like that. The receipt says 2 tablespoons of topping and it seems to me the topping was to thick for the apples to show through. I baked it an additional 7 minutes and was afraid to go any longer. The top crust was set and they popped out nicely. The appearance isn’t bad it’s just not like the pic.
Mine cooked the same. Didn’t look like the photo at all. Wished they had. Recipe was easy enough.
Has anyone tried instant oats instead of old fashioned? Could I substitute with the instant?
I don’t recommend instant, they won’t be as firm or hold up as well to give you that signature crisp.
This weekend is our local Blueberry Festival and I’m wondering if I could substitute blueberries for the apples?
What a great idea. My gut is telling me it would work, my only concern would be the amount of liquid the blueberries would create. I’d love for you to let me know how they turn out if you try it with blueberries!
SO good! Made the crust the night before. The apples are simple and delish. I just baked until they were nicely browned. Popped right out of the pan easily even warm. Thank you for sharing! These are going to Bible study tonight. I added a photo to Pinterest.
Thanks for dropping by to let me know! I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
They were a hit! I’m making them today for a bake sale!
Where is the recipe for the pie crust. I didn’t see a hyperlink. Thanks
So sorr about that. Here’s the link: https://dev.dinnerthendessert.com/apple-slab-pie-with-spiced-glaze/
One word… “AMAZING”!
Thank you so much, Teresa!
Do you think I could follow this recipe except make it as a pie? So instead of cutting circles out of the pie dough, just throw all the ingredients into the pie tin, then add the topping? If so, do you think I’d need 2 pie crusts or just one? Thanks!
If you’re looking for a pie, try this one.
https://dev.dinnerthendessert.com/apple-crisp-pie/
These cookies are DELICIOUS!! Recipe a keeper for sure as a favorite!!
Am in the process of baking and they are not caramelizing like yours did. What did I do wrong? How do I get them to caramelize?
Oh no, I’m just now seeing this. It sounds like maybe they needed to bake longer?
Hello. I just found this recipe and my friend and Iwant to make it. Did anybody try making it in an ait fryer? That’s our aim.
Astrid, I’d love to know how it worked in an AirFryer instead of the oven. Any changes?
Can you use any kind of apple? I’m not a fan of Granny Smith.
Yep, use whatever you like 🙂
Can these be frozen ?
I wouldn’t recommend it. I’m not sure they’ll hold up.
Can they be frozen
I wouldn’t suggest it. I don’t think they’ll hold up well in the process, sorry.
Did you homemade your pie crust? Or did u buy from store
You could do it either way.
Hi. I make pies and crisps alot. I don’t make my crust. The best pie crust is the one by the butter. Soo much better than the frozen one. It’s made by Pillsbury and you get 2 per box. Not expensive.