Oatmeal Caramel Apple Cookies
This recipe for caramel apple cookies is a fun twist on traditional oatmeal raisin. These treats are hard to resist! —Rachel Lewis, Danville, Virginia
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant caramel pudding mix
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 medium apple, peeled and chopped
Reviews
These went over very well with my coworkers. Everyone loved the heartiness of the cookie and the flavor. I did substitute butterscotch pudding for caramel since my local grocery store didn't have the caramel.
Really good and very simple to make! I was concerned about finding the caramel pudding as I had never heard of it, but I found it fairly easily. I've made the recipe twice already and will very likely make it again! I got 28 cookies with my black-handled King Arthur Flour cookie scoop.
Based on Previous comments (and online research of similar recipes), I did the following: Added: 3/4 tsp. Kosher Salt, 2 tsp. Vanilla, 1.5 tsp. Cinnamon. Used Fuji apple. Ordered Jell-O Caramel Pudding Mix on Amazon. Cooked for 16 minutes. Turned out wonderful! My husband and young boys loved these! Next time, I will swap out the Cinnamon for Apple Pie Spice and give that a shot (saw that variation online as well - note: I needed to order that on Amazon, too. Grocery stores aren't carrying that product much either.)
Based on previous comments I added 2 tsp cinnamon to boost the flavour, and I mixed some old fashioned oats with quick oats. I used butterscotch pudding as it's the closest thing to caramel. Everyone seemed to like them, in fact some people said they were great. I think next time I'd add toffee bits and slightly decrease the sugar.
Caramel pudding mix has been discontinued. I made the following adjustments to recipe. Increased sugar to 3/4 cup to make brown sugar, instant pudding would have been the extra sugar needed if it was used. Added 1 teaspoon cinnamon, could have used 1-1/2 teaspoon since the cinnamon didn't stand out. Used 1 10oz bag caramel chips. These turned out really good!!!! Teenage cross country team loved them. Better after they have sat awhile. Used small scooper, placed on parchment paper, and baked 14 minutes. They looked brown due to sugar ratio. Made 5 dozen which is a big plus.
To bland no flavor maybe add some salt and vanilla next time couldn't taste the Apple at all
Couldn't find caramel pudding, so I used butterscotch instead. Added about 1 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon. These were ok at best. Would not make again.
Searched every store in the St. Pete area and couldn't locate any instant caramel pudding. Any suggestions?
Yes, I too thought they were quite blah. Maybe cinnamon would help. My family didn't like them.
Unable to find instant Carmel pudding mix in jello/pudding sections of stores Ideas????