Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies are sweet cookies with a chewy texture and are full of fall apple flavor. Lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, these oatmeal cookies have real apple bits in every bite! Whip up a batch for your friends and family today!
Crisp Fall days call for warm apple cider and delicious cookies!
But heck, I’ll eat cookies all year long, I don’t have to wait for a particular season! I’m sure you don’t, either.
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This is one of my all-time favorite oatmeal cookie recipes. I first shared these Apple Oatmeal Cookies on the blog years ago and it’s still my go-to cookie when fall arrives. The recipe brings together the chewiness of a classic oatmeal cookie with juicy apple chunks and a touch of cinnamon apple pie spice.
The apples soften as the cookies bake, releasing incredible fragrance and flavor. While I think of them as fall cookies, they’re just as delicious any time of year!
If you like apples and cinnamon, then you need these easy cookies in your life.
What do I need to make Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies?
These simple ingredients for apple oatmeal cookies are pretty straightforward.
- Unsalted Butter
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar
- Large Egg
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Old-fashioned oats
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Fresh Apples
- Lemon juice
See the recipe card for exact amounts and step-by-step directions!
How to make Apple Cinnamon Cookies with Oatmeal
Making these apple cookies is a cinch! Follow this easy recipe for good, chewy cookies:
- First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Peel, core, and dice your apple into small pieces. Toss diced apples with lemon juice to keep them from browning.
- In a mixer, cream together the room temperature unsalted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until soft and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add them to the wet ingredients and beat until just blended. Mix in the chopped apples with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until well incorporated. Use a medium cookie scoop to place a cookie dough ball on the prepared baking sheet. Continue, keeping the cookies about 1 inch apart.
- Bake cookies for 10-13 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Let them cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
These delicious treats can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature and are best within 2-3 days.
What kind of apples are best?
I recommend Granny Smith apples for this oatmeal cookie recipe. The tartness helps balance out the sweetness of the sugars for a well-rounded dimension of flavors.
If you don’t have Granny Smith, any apple on the tarter side of the spectrum will do. Honeycrisp or Pink Lady apples would be good choices too.
Can I use quick-cooking oats instead of old-fashioned oats in oatmeal cookie recipes?
Most oatmeal cookie recipes will tell you exactly what kind of oats you should use. In these Apple Oatmeal cookies, we used old-fashioned rolled oats. Quick oats (or instant oats) will not work well here.
They absorb moisture more quickly and would make these cookies dry and crumbly. In general, it’s always best to use the type of oat a recipe was tested with for the best results!
Can I freeze oatmeal cookies with apples?
Yes, you can definitely freeze these oatmeal cookies! Store them in a freezer bag or other airtight container. They stay good in the freezer for up to several months.
When ready to thaw, just leave them on the counter overnight before serving.
Apple Recipes
Another thing I love about this recipe is that puts apples in the spotlight! Lately, it seems that apple desserts have been overshadowed by pumpkin when it comes to fall flavors.
I try to keep a healthy balanced. You might say my version of a “balanced diet” is making an apple recipe for every pumpkin one!
This Baked Applesauce is by far the best applesauce you’ll ever try. It’s so easy too! You could even use your homemade applesauce to make a batch of my Cinnamon Applesauce Cookies.
When you need a cozy weekend breakfast, it’s hard to beat this Baked Apple Cinnamon Pancake! Or try these Apple Streusel Muffins for a delicious treat with your morning coffee.
Whether you’re craving pie, cake, or something entirely different, I’m positive we have the perfect apple recipe!
- Skillet Apple Crisp
- Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Apple Cream Pie
- Bacon Caramel Apple Crisp
- Fried Apple Rings
- Caramel Apple Pound Cake
- Caramel Apple Pie Crust Cookies
- Cranberry Apple Chicken Salad
- Apple Cinnamon Sweet Rolls Monkey Bread
Cookie Recipes
After you try today’s recipe, make another favorite that combines apple with oatmeal: Apple Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies! The peanut butter adds a fun twist to the already delicious cookies.
These Dark Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies are especially popular with chocolate fiends. So are these Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies!
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- Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Cookies
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Today’s recipe was originally adapted from Joy the Baker.
Toasty on the outside and chewy on the inside, these Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies will have you ready for fall!
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- Mixer
- parchment paper or silpat liner
- cooling rack
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ¼ cups old fashioned oats
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 large Granny Smith apple
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment or a Silpat pad.
- Peel, core, and dice the apple into small pieces. Place into a small bowl and toss with the lemon juice.
- In a mixer, cream the butter and sugars until soft and light, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat until just blended. Mix in the apple. Using a cookie scoop, place dough onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes or until desired doneness. Cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
This recipe was first published on 11/29/12. It has been updated on 3/10/22 in format and with pictures.
Comments & Reviews
I absolutely love that you put apple in these. What an amazing idea!
I would love for you to share these with my readers at Mealtime Monday!
Kaylee
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How would the recipe change if you had apple pie filling? I canned a bunch this year.
Karl,
that’s awesome that you made your own pie filling! It must be delicious!
You asked a good question and one I cannot answer the guarantee to. You’re definitely going to want to decrease the amount of cinnamon by however much you have in your filling ~ say if you used a whole teaspoon than omit it all together. Now assuming that your filling is more liquidy (it’s 3 am and I can’t think of a sufficient word) than the apple used, you’re going to want to increase the amounts of flour and oatmeal, but by how much I’m not sure. I’m thinking by 1/4 cup each to start and then see how the consistency is.
If you make them let m know, I’m interested to see how they turned out!
If I used quick oats, would it work ok?
Kristina, you can certainly substitute the quick oats. They’ll just give it a slightly softer texture as the rolled oats are a bit more coarse and are less doctored, so to speak.
I made this today and everyone in the house enjoyed them! I will be definitely make again!
I made these apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies and the taste was really good but the were so soft they fell apart when you picked one up .
Thanks for making them Liz. I’ve found that if I don’t let them cool long enough after removing them from the oven that that can happen.
Can’t wait to try these . I love the idea of apple pieces in these cookies! It would be so great that in the top area of your recipes where you have the “Prep, Cook” times etc if you would place the # of servings or the Yield amount AND the # of calories for each. I have to literally search the entire recipe for this info and then sometimes, still can’t time it. This recipe is a good example – about HOW MANY Cookies does this recipe yield? Just so I have an idea of how many to make for a specific occasion. THANK YOU!
Hi Pam, it is a little difficult to see, but in the recipe card next to the description, it says the recipe makes 24 cookies. Also, at the bottom of the recipe card, you’ll find all of the nutritional information for one of those 24 cookies.
Delicious flavor. My cookies spread all over. Should I have chilled the dough?
I’m so glad you liked them, Louise even if they spread a bit. This could be due to a variety of reasons: the flour may have been incorrectly measured (scooping the measuring cup into the flour as opposed to spooning it into the cup and then leveling with a knife), the temperature in the kitchen was too warm or the dough has been sitting too long before baking. Should this happen, yes, refrigerate the dough for a bit in the refrigerator for about 1 to 2 hours. Hope this helps!