Honeycrisp Apple Snickerdoodles

Today we are having an Autumn Harvest Potluck at work and everyone was told to bring in either an apple, pumpkin, or squash dish to share.  I went straight to some of my favorite food bloggers for inspiration and found these delicious sounding cookies from Christy.

Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies and the idea of adding fresh apples to them sounded like perfection!  These cookies are soft and chewy just like a Snickerdoodle should be and the addition of the apples makes for the perfect bite!

Honeycrisp Apple Snickerdoodles

adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c butter, softened
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 c flour
• 1 small (3.5 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 c Honeycrisp apples, peeled and diced

Cinnamon Sugar

• 1/3 c sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Mix in vanilla and egg until smooth.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pudding mix, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add dry mixture to wet ingredients and mix until combined well. Stir in apples.
3. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat baking mats. Take around 2 tbsp of dough and roll into a ball and then roll generously in the cinnamon sugar. Place on prepared baking sheet.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.

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