Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookies

Fall is here!!! The boys and I were pretty excited! On Saturday we decided to take an outing to a local fruit farm (Lynd) for some corn maze fun...pumpkin fun..and apple picking! We go through three 3 lb. bags in our house. So I knew that the boys would love this weekend activty.

They had fun picking them off the ground..off the trees..I had to make sure they understood the cookies had to get to our house. LOL!!!

I looked around and kind of combined some of the recipes that I found to best suit our families taste buds and healthy. And this combo was perfect!!!

 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup  instant oats (measured correctly & gluten-free if necessary)
• ¾ cup  whole wheat or gluten-free* flour (measured correctly)
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp  coconut oil or unsalted butter, melted
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup  pure maple syrup
• 1 cup finely diced red apple (medium)

1. Whisk together the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the coconut oil or butter, egg, and vanilla. Stir in the maple syrup. Add in the flour mixture, stirring just until incorporated. Fold in the apple. Chill for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 325°F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Drop the cookie dough into 15 rounded scoops onto the prepared sheet, and flatten slightly. Bake at 325°F for 13-15 minutes. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.