Apple Pie Snickerdoodles
These sweet, super soft cookies are the perfect combination of two holiday favorites - apple pie, and snickerdoodle cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups apple peeled and diced
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons + about a 1/2 cup Apple pie spice or make your own- 3-4x this recipe: 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In your mixer, cream the shortening, sugar and eggs until light and fluffy.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt until combined.
- Alternate adding dry mixture with greek yogurt to the batter.
- Cut apples and coat with 2 tablespoons flour + 2 tablespoons apple pie spice.
- Fold apples into batter.
- Scoop out about 2 tablespoons of batter per cookie. I use my medium cookie scoop.
- Mix 1/2 cup apple pie spice + sugar until well combined.
- Roll in the apple pie spice/sugar mixture until well coated.
- Place a couple inches apart on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, then pull out of oven and let sit another minute before transferring to cookie rack to cool.