A delicious fruity variation on oatmeal cookies.
This cookie is cake-like, nice and soft. I made two batches for my son's 1st grade class. The first batch was with good tasty granny smiths, the second was with red delicious. The granny smith batch was a bit wetter and much more flavorful, while the red delicious batch was very low in flavor. I recommend using good tasty apples. I also used butter instead of shortening and 1 1/2 c. of finely chopped apples in each batch. This was great for the kid's apple fair at school.
Read MoreI'm not sure what went wrong with these. I followed the recipe exactly and I was left with a thick, sticky batter. When I took them out of the oven they had gotten as big as pancakes and were just as flat. The flavor was bland and dissatisfying. My family ate them just to be nice, but I will most definitely not be making these again.
Read MoreThis cookie is cake-like, nice and soft. I made two batches for my son's 1st grade class. The first batch was with good tasty granny smiths, the second was with red delicious. The granny smith batch was a bit wetter and much more flavorful, while the red delicious batch was very low in flavor. I recommend using good tasty apples. I also used butter instead of shortening and 1 1/2 c. of finely chopped apples in each batch. This was great for the kid's apple fair at school.
These were WICKED good! I was looking for a good recipe to use leftover apples in. These bake up really well - the dough puffs out nicely when cooked. GREAT flavor too - nice combo with the nutmeg, etc.
I love this recipe. I just made it for a sick friend. Did change it a bit, because I cannot see using soo much shortening - it's gross. I used butter instead...same amount. And then substituted an oriental pear instead of the apple. Used Almond slivers instead of walnut. All the rest was the same. It came out yummy.
I read all of the reviews before baking these and I adjusted a couple of things. I used 2 tsp. of cinnamon, 1 tsp. of nutmeg and added 1 tsp. of vanilla. Also I found it to be very moist when mixing, so I added another cup of oatmeal. I really think they turned out great. Moist and flavourful. I gave it 4 stars because of the adjustments.
Fantastic cookies! I used whole wheat flour instead of the white flour, added about 2 Tbsp of whole flax seed and 1/4 cup ground flax seed, and instead of the nuts, I just used 1 1/2 cups of finely diced apple. I sprinkled them with cinnamon/sugar before I baked. Turned out great! I'll definitely make these again!
I have been looking for a moist oatmeal cookie recipe for years but have failed until this one caught my eye. Reading all of the reviews I took their advice and used butter instead of shortening and added chocolate chips too. Instead of dicing the apples I chopped them in my foodprocesser and my husband RAVED!! Thank-you so much for this great recipe!
make sure to remove cookies from the pan onto a cooling rack while still warm
I'm not sure what went wrong with these. I followed the recipe exactly and I was left with a thick, sticky batter. When I took them out of the oven they had gotten as big as pancakes and were just as flat. The flavor was bland and dissatisfying. My family ate them just to be nice, but I will most definitely not be making these again.
These were wonderful cookies. I did change a few things -- margarine instead of shortening, omitted nutmeg for more cinnamon & added chocolate chips. I made these for my daughter's Kindergarten class snack and everyone loved them! I will definitly make these again.
I loved them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELL DONE. This is a GREAT apple cookie recipe. Easy to make - as you will probably have all the ingredients already on-hand: All you need is to get some fresh apples! When I made these, I didn't think that there was enough dough to hold together all the walnuts, oatmeal and apple. But I was wrong- they bake up perfectly. I only got 2 dozen out of this recipe instead of the 3 dozen it claims. I will double this recipe next time. It's a good recipe - great combination of different ingredients make it a wonderful apple spice cookie.
I made these today - I substituted splenda for the sugar, and in place of shortening, I used 1/4 cup butter, and the rest applesauce to cut down on fat/calories. I doubled the cinammon and nutmeg. These were awesome cookies! Next time I'll triple the batch to have some for the freezer.
This was delicious, it makes a very light and fluffy cookie. I did add a little more cinnamon than the recipe called for and left out the walnuts, but they still turned out wonderfully.
These were delicious, however missing something so I added 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to give it a little extra flavor. Make sure you keep in refrigerator afterwards for storage.
Loved these. Moist and delicious. I didn't have walnuts so used raisins. Had to cook longer than it said and I only got 12 cookies instead of 36 but they were great for my toddler!
From the ingredient list and a lot of the reviews, I expected great things from this recipe and was totally, totally disappointed. I did use butter instead of the shortening but that was the only swap I did from the posted recipe. The batter was very, very moist. It cooked up flat, stuck to the pan and were rather tasteless especially considering the amount of nutmeg, cinnamon and apples in it. They easily fell apart as well. I won't make this recipe again.
Yum! Great way to use up some apples. I used 1 stick of butter as I am a farm girl :) I chose pecans over walnuts. I also used some apple pie spice, about a 1/8tsp. I upped the oats to 1.5 cups. Cookies rise nicely, kind of like a little apple crisp in a cookie. Bake a bit longer if you like more crunch. I topped mine with cinnamon chips and crushed graham cracker crumbs. Great Recipe Laura, thank you for sharing! These are going to be a favorite, I can tell already! These are really fail proof, change the spices or topping to your personal liking but the recipe itself is perfect!
I found them to be a little too cake-like and not crunchy enough. P.S. -- Don't use butter-flavored Crisco -- it turns the cookies a strange color.
If you like a crispy hard cookie, pass this one by. Otherwise it is simply the best cookie I have had in ages. I substituted pecans and on the last batch added semi sweet choc. chips. "GREAT"
I made this recipe with the following changes, as suggested by other reviewers: 2 tsp cinnamon, butter instead of shortening, 2 cups of oats and almonds instead of walnuts. The cookies needed more sugar and were bland. I won't make this recipe again.
I really liked the added apple. It gives the cookies the unusual taste (to my mind). Cookies are soft, not crunchy, but that's what my family really liked. No cookies are left for tomorrow, which means next time I will bake double portion!
To much spreading and not good color.
Most delicious HEALTHY cookie EVER! The only thing I changed was instead of walnuts I used pecans. I felt they were better suited. I another thing is, that there almost like a bread (in texture). When putting them in the cookie jar they were so moist that they would stick to eachother when I would take out. For a more soild cookie I'm going to leave out for a few hours after I bake. Other then that this recipe is going in the vault forever.
We really liked these cookies. I am not a fan of shortening, so I used organic butter. The next time I make these, I will chop the apples smaller, and perhaps add a few raisins. It's a great way to use up those apples that are past their eating prime. Definitely a keeper!
very good cookie! i used 1/4 c margarine and 1/4 c shortening, and switched the rolled oats for "fruit müsli", which gave me an assortment of raisins, nuts, and grains. light and fluffy, great for the fall!
The apples make the dough around it a little wet. And when you bite into the cookie, it tastes kind of like some hunks of dough didn't get cooked. Otherwise, very tasty! The batter will be wet and sticky, but have no fear! Just drop them onto your pan and they will come out nice!!
I've made this recipe over a dozen times, and I just love it! I omit the walnuts, and I substituted margarine for shortening because I rarely have walnuts or shortening in the house. Also, I double the cinnamon because I just LOVE the flavor it adds to these cookies. They're absolutely delicious!!
Never made these before. Added butter instead of shotening, and added a TSP of vanilla and 1/4 C of raisins. oh my gosh!!!!! These were more than good! I made homemade whipped cream (which took 2 seconds to make) and that was the icing on the cake so to speak. Will for sure be making these again. The husband and 6 year old kept asking for more.
There were easy & turned out great! Kids & hubby loved them! I will try pears next time for a change!
This recipe is GREAT! It was quick to make and tastes wonderful! One of the best cookies I have ever made. They came out soft and unlike most cookies I've made in the past, they didn't come out flat. I left out the nutmeg and doubled the cinnamon (personal preference.)
These were delicious! The texture with the apples and the walnuts was lovely. They're fluffier cookies than I expected, but I really like that about them. Easy to make. They smell amazing when they come out of the oven. I've definitely got to bake these again!
Our family loves these. They are a nice and moist cookie. I made one double batch with shortening and the other double batch with butter. Both are good. But, the next time I make them I'm going to use shortening and add a cup of mini choc. chips. I think it would add even more tast with a little twist. ;-)
I substituted butter for margarine, and doubled the oatmeal. I think next time I might try using agave nectar or honey in place of sugar, but this time they turned out great! Delicious.
Nice cookie! Very muffin-like, although I think I used quick oats. If I had read these reviews before I probably would have made some alterations as well (maybe more cinnamon and butter instead of shortening), but still a nice cookie. Not too sweet, and my 3 1/2 year old loved them! Thanks for sharing :)
I followed the recipe EXACTLY as written and they came out more like little cakes than cookies. They rise quite a bit and are somewhat dense. They do however taste very good, the apples and cinnamon go great with the oats.
Seem to be more of muffin top cookies...BUt soooo yummy!! I switched the shortening for butter since I didn't have the shortening. Oh and I also put raisins in as well since my kid is a nut for raisins
I wanted something sweet but didnt have a whole lot to work with. I found this recipe and these are by far one of my favorite cookies now!! and so easy to make!
This recipe was delicious! Because of the consistency of the batter, I decided to make muffins rather than soft cookies - it turned out beautifully!
This was a really great dish! I didn't use the nutmeg and it was still delicious.
loved these cookies and so did my family. the only change was that I doubled the recipe, added 1 more cup oatmeal and omited the walnuts, since we can't have any nuts due to allergies. excellent, excellent, excellent
These cookies were very good but not excellent. Not very flavorful but nice and moist.
I just made these delicious cookies for my toddler and boy I wasn't disappointed!!- I wanted a recipe that was somewhat healthier for him and didn't want the same old oatmeal raisin ones so I tried these. Now my 2 year old usually hates apples but to my surprise he devoured 3 cookies in 10 minutes!!!!!- Definitely a keeper for sure! The only thing I did differently is I used butter instead of shortening and put about a tsp of vanilla otherwise I stayed to recipe!
This is a terrific cookie: moist, not too sweet, a good keeper, and freeze beautifully. BUT make a double batch as these will not last long.
I really liked this recipe. I was a little scared at frist, but when I tasted that batter, it was great! and the end result of the cookie was good too! i followed the recipe exsactly. Thanks for sharing!
They were nice and moist like cake batter, held together very well, came off the pan very easy and i loved the fact that they wern't so sweet but when i followed the recipe i found that they are tastless and considering all the spices that were added i find it to be a big disapointment and i couldn't taste the apple so next time i make them i will add more of the cinnamon and nutmeg, add some vanilla extract and maybe try a granny smith apple in place of the maccintosh i used.
These are great apple cookies, and are simple to make. I would go a little lighter on the nutmeg next time, but otherwise... perfect.
These were very good. I used spelt flour and had pecans instead of walnuts, but they were very tasty!
These cookies have been like crack for me and my son. I used butter instead of shortening, half a cup of sugar instead of 3/4 a cup, and almonds instead of walnuts (we used the last of our walnuts in some zucchini bread last week). Yummy! We called them Michaelmas cookies, but I don't think any will be left come Michaelmas. We'll have to make more!
These are a really flavorful cookie! I used a red delicious apple, and 2 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, no nutmeg. I also substituted raisins instead of nuts and butter for shortening. My batter looked great; I don't know how other reviewers ended up with a too-liquidy batter. They did fall a tiny bit short of what I was hoping for, texture-wise...I love oats, but there seemed to be either too little or too much of them in this recipe -- they don't have that firm texture of a true "oatmeal" cookie. (Also-- This is supposed to make 36 cookies, but I got less than 20 so I must have made them too big!) 15 minutes did the trick for mine.
This is a great recipe for a moist cookie. My only change was using half a cup of brown sugar and a quarter cup up white sugar. Macintosh apples in my second batch were the best!
I wish I could give it 10 stars! This recipe is so easy, and impossible to mess up.(I forgot mine in the oven for about 5min too long, and they still turned out amazing!) Not too sweet, and very fluffy. Great "breakfast" cookie. I added extra cinnamon, because I like mine really spicy. I also made a brown sugar cinnamon glaze for them and everyone thought I spent all day baking! Next time I will add dried cherries to make a "Michigan oatmeal cookie"
I halved the recipe and substituted sugar for Splenda and added a little bit more than what was dictated. The texture was very nice, but the resulting "cookies" tasted like buiscuts. Next time I'll add some vanilla and more cinnamon.
I added an additional cup of oatmeal used butter instead of shortening and a half cup of chia seeds ( trying to be a bit more healthy in this house we are the family that would eat half the batter before we baked the cookies) I also made a simple drizzle frosting for the top .. Powered sugar, milk and a little almond extract ! They were a hit even the very picky 3 year old eat them up
This recipe was just what I needed. We are GF, and SF so I used Pamela's for the flour, GF oats, etc., and a combo of xylitol and stevia for sweetener. Also subbed butter since I do not keep shortening. They do spread a bit more with butter, but the flavor is still good. Not overly spiced nor too apple-ish. Thanks!!
I just pulled these out of the oven 20 minutes ago and they are DeLish! Not a big nut fan so i added twice the amount of apple and cooked them 7 minutes longer and they were perfect. Also, didn't have Nutmeg so i used Pumpkin Spice and it was YUMMY. Husband said that i could make more when ever:)
these were AMAZING!! even my dad who usually doesnt like sweets loved them with a passion and i will definitely make them again. i used butter instead of shortening like the other reviews advised and a bit less nuts and it was great. baking wise, i just let them become golden around the edges, and the result was a cookie with a crispy outside and a nice soft inside
I didn't like the "cake-like" texture of these cookies as much as others, but the flavor was good. I liked knowing I was feeding my kids oatmeal, apples, and raisins. Overall, they were pretty good, but not great.
Came out really yummy- I used the oats from trader joes, they are chewy and the pieces of apple make them moist and tasty!
I substituted whole wheat flour, Splenda for the sugar and no sugar added applesauce w/ a little Enova for the shortning. Ended up being a nice South Beach (phase II) snack or dessert. They ended up a bit dense, but tasty and my 2 year old loved them too!
These are delicious. Made exactly as stated, without nuts. Came out perfect!
i made these using splenda, and they turned out fabulously! i added 1/4 tsp of all spice, and the spicey flavor was perfection. they kept well, are nice & fluffy. delicious right out of the oven. i'll definitely make them again!
If you are not looking for an extra sweet cookie this is a good choice. It is rather bland and does not have an explosion of flavor but I still think it is a good tasting cookie. I made it with the shortening and I think they came out wonderful! My 4 year old daughter loves them. All in all a great way to make use of some apples that are sitting around!
I was pleased with these, but made several changes so I cannot give five stars. I used whole wheat flour, and, as some other reviewers, used 1.5 cups of oats. I also reduced the sugar, using a quarter cup each of brown and white sugar. I also subbed in a combo of butter and natural peanut butter for the shortening. Finally, I added more spices; two tsp of cinnamon plus a dash each of allspice, cloves, and cardamom. I left out the walnuts since I was already using peanut butter. One thing I might change next time is to reduce the salt. However, these are a nice, healthy snack! I got thirty cookies out of these, and with my changes, two cookies have 150 calories with just eight grams of sugar, two grams of fiber, and four grams of protein, and they satisfy my need for a cookie!
This recipe is soo great and I didn't knew how healthy it is. The bad news:my cookies love each others and they expanded. Why this happens?
Amazing Recipe I used it for my kids at my school as a treat for them Thxs
Mmm! I used brown sugar instead of white, butter instead of shortening and about 1 1/4 c of quick cook oats and these came out awesome! Think more like an apple bread cookie than a chewy oatmeal cookie.
My husband loves them! Like others, I used butter instead of shortening and added roasted flex seeds and more oats for some crunchiness. The cookies do not look cookies, but taste really good!
Delicious...I was a hero among my boyfriends co-workers!
This is the perfect autumn cookie. I did not change a thing about these cookies. I brought them to a family get together and everybody absolutely love them and ask for the recipe. They're not too sweet and go perfect with the tea or coffee :)
Easy and Excellent. My toddler loved them.
I used butter instead of shortening and used 1tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice. They are amazing!
Good flavor but definitely too cake like. If (big if) I made again I would use 1/2 tsp being powder. I also made a wonderful glaze using powdered sugar and apple cider.
I made these for a cookie party.Eveyone loved them so much that they were calling for the recipe the next day!!!!Best oatmeal cookie I haave everr had or made!!!!!
made these when I had some apples that were starting to turn and needed using up. slightly crispy outside with a cake like inside. Very pretty to look at too. yummy fall treat on a November afternoon.
i dunno what happened with the one's who disliked this recipe. i used this recipe as a fun project to do with my 10, 7, & 5 yr olds today. i WILL say that i added an extra tsp of cinnamon, but that's only cuz i'm a "cinnamon finatic"! i thought it was easy enough to do with kids, yielded exactly what it said it would, n the kids thought they tasted great! (i did too) i WAS skeptical too about the consistancy. but i figured i would trust it this once...i'm glad i did n didn't add more oats. they baked just fine, n came out soft n delicious. i will use this recipe again...prob for thanksgiving. thanx for the great recipe!
When I bring these cookies to events they disappear and people ask me for the recipe so I know they are good!
I'm giving this 4 stars because I made some changes. I used margarine in place of shortening. Instead of nuts I used raisins and added a bit more cinnamon. I also sprinkled cinnamon sugar on Apple's before adding to other ingredients. I'm sure these cookies would be good without my changes. I just made changes based on my personal preference. These are a nice cake like cookie and very tasty.
Soft, fluffy and delicious, however, they do not store in the fridge or plastic very well. Perhaps an old fashioned cookie jar!
In the oven right now. I had to do 1/4 cup walnuts and 1/4 cup pecans because it was what I had. Added 1 teaspoon of vanilla because it was almost like a reflex I couldn’t ignore to add some vanilla. I also added caramel chips just for fun. Might be a liiiiitle too chock full of goodies with the chip addition, but still DELICIOUS! I can tell they would be delicious without my changes/additions.
this recipies was very tasty,i actually added a pinch of clove.the only thing i didn't like is that i though the texture was a littly to "caky". but good in overall
I made these cookies exactly to recipe using Jonagold apples. When I put them into the oven, they melted into a single sheet of goo. What a horrible mess! It took forever to clean the mess up. I should have read more than the top two reviews, because scrolling down now, I see this had happened to other users.
I thought these were very good. I used butter instead of shortening but did not change anything else and the result was a delicious cake like cookie.
