Granny Smith Apple Oatmeal Cookies

I love baking with fruit, especially apples. This morning I woke up and felt like taking another crack at a botched recipe from months ago - Apple Cobbler Cookies.

As I was prepping everything I noticed that I didn't have the brown sugar or nuts that the recipe called for in my cabinet. I was already through the first step of the recipe so I decided to take my Oatmeal cookie recipe and add a few extras to it - 1 diced Granny Smith Apple (med or large), and 2 packages of Apples and Cinnamon instant oatmeal.

Careful when baking with apples, since they pack extra moisture into your batter, so I usually have about 1 cup of oats or flour ready to make the batter stiffer. My house smelled of apple, cinnamon-y goodness and my husband woke up to one of his favorite things, baked apples.

Granny Smith Apple Oatmeal Cookies

2 sticks of butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups of flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

3 cups of Quaker Old-fashioned Oats

1 med or large Granny Smith Apple

2 packets of Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Peel and dice apple, set aside

Beat together butter and sugars until creamy

Add eggs and vanilla, beat well

Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well

Stir in oats, plus instant oats and mix well

Stir in diced apple

Drop cookies onto cookie sheet (I use non-stick) and bake for 10-12 mins or until the edges are golden brown. Cool on a cookie rack.

Tips:

The batter will be a bit drier than most cookies.

If batter is too moist, add more oats, 1/2 cup at a time and mix well.

If batter is too dry, add a splash of milk and mix well.

In between baking time, keep the unused cookie dough in the fridge.