Streusel Apple Pie Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg, large
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 medium apples, peeled cored and diced
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 4 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup jarred caramel ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly coat with baking spray.
• 2 in a large bowl use an electric mixer to cream together shortening, both sugars, vanilla, salt and spices scraping bowl with silicon spatula.
• 3 beat in egg and yolks, scraping bowl as needed.
• 4 beat in baking powder, and flour again scraping the bowl as needed.
• 5 mix in the apples and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 6 while dough is chilling pre heat oven to 375 degrees.
• 7 meanwhile, make streusel topping. in a food precessor combine oats, both sugars, and spices. pulse 2 or 3 times, enough to just chop the oats.
• 8 drizzle in the melted butterthen pulse 1 or 2 more times to just mix. set aside.
• 9 drop 1 tbsp balls of chilled dough on prepared cookie sheets leaving about 2 inches in between each.
• 10 use fingers to slightly flatten each cookie; they will be sticky.
• 11 carefeully sprinkle with streusel mixture, bake for 13 to 15 minutes use a spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
• 12 be sure to let baking sheet cool in between batches.
• 13 if desired just before serving drizzle each cookie with caramel sauce.