Apple Peanut Butter Cookie ~ Delicious, Soft, Chewy Cookie Recipe Loaded with Peanut Butter, Cinnamon and Fresh Apples!
Wow. I need to organize my boards on Pinterest. I have 493 DESSERT pins alone. Well now I have 492 if I could find this one to delete! I could never make that many desserts. Then I go and keep adding to them. Someone needs to cut me off. Moral of the story…a recipe can get lost on my board.
This one almost did. Well actually it did. Luckily I remembered I found it on the Taste of Home website so I could look it up. Thank goodness I diverted that catastrophe!
This cookie is great if you are looking for something with more of a fall flavor than my favorite Peanut Butter Cookies! The crunchy peanut butter adds the crunch and the apples keep is nice and moist, while adding a surprise flavor when you bit into them. The outcome is this heavenly cookie with a bit of crunch but still nice and soft and chewy. Exactly how I like my cookies!
Apple Peanut Butter Cookie
Ingredients
- 1/4 c. shortening
- 1/2 c. chunky peanut butter
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 c. all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2/3 c. peeled apple chopped
Instructions
- Cream the shortening, peanut butter and sugars together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Then beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- Learn Basic Steps for Safe Cooking
- In another bowl combine the dry ingredients together. Add to the creamed mixture gradually and mix until well blended. Stir in the apple.
- On greased baking sheets drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to wire racks and let finish cooling.
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Sunshine Girl says
March 13, 2012 at 5:47 pmmmmm peanut butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, apple! sounds delicious, thanks for sharing 🙂
Jen | Baked by an Introvert says
August 31, 2015 at 9:09 amOkay, so my favorite snack in the whole world is sliced apples smeared with peanut butter. You put those flavors in a cookie. You are my hero!
tonya says
August 31, 2015 at 11:13 amMy kind of cookie! Glad you found this recipe. And yes, my pinterest board has issues too!! 🙂
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says
August 31, 2015 at 4:51 pmI need to clean up all my boards one of these days too. So glad you found these cookies and made them, love the apple and peanut butter combo!
Kelley @ Chef Savvy says
August 31, 2015 at 6:06 pmWow these cookies look fantastic Julie! Perfect for Fall. Can’t wait to try!
Thao @ In Good Flavor says
August 31, 2015 at 8:37 pmI will never be able to try all the recipes I have pinned, but it is fun to have a list. I love how you incorporated real apple with peanut butter in a cookie. This sounds superb! Perfect for the upcoming apple season.
Kelley says
August 27, 2016 at 6:13 pmMade these today and they are delicious! Moist on the inside and I love the crunch from the peanuts. Mine didn’t really look like the picture, they were more domed. I will be making these again and again!
Julie Evink says
August 30, 2016 at 9:32 amSo glad you enjoyed them Kelley! They are my favorite fall cookie!
Nicole says
October 5, 2016 at 1:59 pmMade these today, the dough was very dry and crumbly. I had to roll them to drop them on the pan and then flatten them. Looked nothing like the picture
Julie Evink says
October 21, 2016 at 2:47 pmDid you happen to pack the flour when you measured it? I’ve made them multiple times and never had this problem. I’m sorry!
Nikki says
October 21, 2016 at 3:01 pmNo need to be sorry! They were still delicious
Julie Evink says
October 30, 2016 at 5:28 pmYou could substitute butter for the shortening but it will provide a different consistency to the cookie.