Caramel Apple Lattice Cookies

Caramel Apple Walnut Cookies are individual mini pies filled with a layer of caramel and thick homemade apple pie filling. The cookie is topped with a piecrust woven lattice that resembles an apple pie. As you bite into this little bit-of- heaven, the apple filling with its cinnamon and walnut bites ooze from the sides of the cookies. The cookie top is sprinkled with a generous amount of cinnamon and sugar.

Caramel Apple Lattice Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

2 refrigerated pie crust* tested Pillsbury
3 medium granny smith apples
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon–divided
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg-divided
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup caramel ice cream topping
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts-optional

Instructions

Peel, core and dice apples, place in saucepan with butter, brown sugar, salt and 1 teaspoon of each spice.

On medium heat, cook apples until soft and thickened. Remove from heat and cool. Unroll one crust, using a 2 ½ ͇round cookie cutter, cut out 12 cookie rounds. Place rounds ona parchment lined baking sheet. Brush tops of pie crust cookies with caramel topping. Add a ½ teaspoon apple filling over top of cookie round. Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired. Unroll remaining crust and cut long strips of dough ͆wide. Weave dough strips to create a lattice design. Cut cookie lattice with round cookie cutter to create clean edges. Mix ¼ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and nutmeg.

Brush tops with egg wash and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake cookies for 30 minutes at 350º. Drizzle cookies with caramel sauce if desired. Best served warm.

Yield: 12-13 cookies

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