Apple Cider Cookies: extra chewy cookies with crispy edges and a soft center are loaded with apple cider and a ton of warm Fall spices for your cookie exchange!
This apple cider cookie recipe is made with real apple cider and instant apple cider mix for the most flavor possible!
I’m back with my first new cookie recipe of the cookie season and it’s a good one y’all!
Halloween has come and gone already and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for everything Thanksgiving and Christmas.
These cookies are the perfect Fall flavored cookie, but would also make an amazing cookie exchange recipe.
The edges are crispy, but the centers stay soft and chewy. And they keep for up to a week in an airtight container!
This recipe has a ton of fall flavors combined together inside each cookie.
First, I added real apple cider, a healthy pour of molasses and apple pie spice.
Then I added instant apple cider inside the cookie to try to up the apple cider flavor.
And to finish them off, I topped them with a mixture of more instant apple cider and coarse sugar sprinkles.
The dough is a very soft dough, you can not roll it into a ball with your hands.
Instead, you need a good cookie scoop to scoop out the dough onto your cookie sheet.
You can refrigerate the dough before you bake it for a firmer texture if you prefer, but the finished cookie will bake a little differently.
I like these cookies to bake nice and flat so the centers stay extra chewy and the edges crisp up.
For the topping, you can use just sugar all by itself. Or sugar mixed with cinnamon.
Or you can even mix sugar with the apple pie spice we added inside the cookies.
My favorite topping I tried was a mixture of the instant apple cider and coarse sugar.
It makes the tops of the cookies sparkle and it gives the best flavor to them.
If you want to make these cookies ahead, they will store well for up to a week.
I kept them in an airtight container, on the counter, and they stayed nice and chewy.
They would also make a great cookie to ship if you wanted to ship a homemade treat.
These bake quickly in just 10 minutes. They don’t change color much because they are already brown before baking.
However, make sure you do not overtake them or they will not stay as chewy.
The cookies will set as they cool and after 5 minutes you will be able to move them to a cookie sheet easily.
Let them cool completely before storing them so they do not become soggy!
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Apple Cider Cookies
Ingredients
- 2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons instant apple cider mix, divided
- 1 (2 sticks) cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup apple cider
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar (coarse sugar)
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, apple pie spice, salt, and one tablespoon instant apple cider mix.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and one cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Add apple cider, molasses, egg, and vanilla extract, beat until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat until well combined.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup sugar, two tablespoons instant apple cider mix and turbinado.
- Scoop cookie dough with a medium-sized cookie scoop and place directly on prepared baking sheet. Leave room for spreading. This will be a softer dough, so a cookie scoop is a must. Sprinkle tops generously with sugar mixture.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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Hi! Mine spread out and came out too thin. I followed the recipe so I’m not sure what happened. Help! I love the flavor!
I just tried the apple cider cookies. Unbelievably good and definitely a new holiday must have!
The video shows two sticks of butter.
Hi, I made these as per your recipe. The first batch came perfect, after that each batch came out paper thin, I could not get off parchment as they became greasy?? Help please as I love the flavor and Idea of the cookie. Thank you, Dorothy.
Hmm. That’s super strange. Were you reusing the same cookie sheet each time? Did you let the pan cool in between batches? I wish I knew, that is a strange thing to happen!
Hi, I have 2 sheets but only use 1 at a time and switch off? It is pretty cool by time I put on next batch.??
Gorgeous photos, I want to make the same cookies
Are you using the Alpine Instant AppleCider?
I used a different brand, but any brand will work!
Waiting for a clarification on the butter as well. In the US 1 cube butter is 1/2 cup.
The recipe says 1/2 cup butter or 2 sticks, which would equal 1 cup of butter. Could you clarify this please?
You say 1/2 cup butter (2 sticks)….wouldn’t 1/2 cup butter be only 1 stick?
Hi Nanci – The recipe and video both state 1 cup (2 sticks of butter). 🙂