gooey caramel apple cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 apples - peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 cup individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins Ready Time: 58 mins


• beat butter, brown sugar, white sugar, baking soda, and salt together with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl until creamy and smooth. beat 1 egg into the butter mixture until completely blended. add the remaining egg and vanilla together and beat until smooth.
• beat as much of the flour into the butter mixture as you can with the mixer. use a wooden spoon to stir any remaining flour into the batter.
• mix diced apples, caramels, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl; fold into the batter. refrigerate batter until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease baking sheets.
• drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart prepared sheets.
• bake in preheated oven until the tops are golden brown, about 8 minutes. cool cookies on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.