Apple Cider Cookies
This shortcut version of Apple Cider Cookies starts with a sugar cookie mix but tastes like a homemade recipe! Soft and chewy on the inside with a slightly crisp, cinnamon sugar and apple cider-coated outside. Apple cider drink mix is the magic ingredient.
Servings: 23 cookies
Calories: 1cookie
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter, very soft
- 1 large egg
- 1 17.5 ounce package sugar cookie mix (I used Betty Crocker)
- 2 .74 ounce packages spiced apple cider instant drink mix (I used Alpine)
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar (See notes below to make your own)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Ignore the directions on the cookie package!
- To achieve “very soft” butter, microwave it at HIGH (1100 watts) for 8 seconds, turn it over, then microwave it an additional 8 seconds. You want it very soft without melting it.
- Beat the butter and egg together in a large bowl for 1 minute with an electric hand mixer. Add the cookie mix and ONE of the apple cider drink mix packages. Mix together with the hand mixer until the mixture is soft crumbles and sticks together when pinched.
- Add the cinnamon sugar to the remaining package of apple cider drink mix in a small bowl.
- Make 1-inch balls with the cookie dough using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop or measure out about 2 tablespoons of dough and shape into balls. Then, roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar and apple cider drink mix mixture.
- Place the cookie balls on parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheets. Bake for 11 minutes or until edges are set are barely golden. They will still be soft in the center but will firm up when cooled.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet 1 minute before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Notes
Yield: 23 cookies
Variations:
Stir in ½ cup finely chopped apple. No need to peel them! Stir in ½ cup caramel bits for a Caramel Apple Cider Cookies recipe. Make your own cinnamon sugar: 2 tablespoons granulated sugar + ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.
Stir in ½ cup finely chopped apple. No need to peel them! Stir in ½ cup caramel bits for a Caramel Apple Cider Cookies recipe. Make your own cinnamon sugar: 2 tablespoons granulated sugar + ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.
