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A white plate filled with a generous pile of oatmeal apple cookies. The cookies have a chunky texture with visible pieces of apple and oats, giving them a homemade, rustic appearance. The background shows part of a green apple and some foliage.

Apple Oatmeal Cookies

These Apple Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and full of tart apple bits! They make the perfect after school snack or lunchbox treat!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings: 72
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1  cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats or rolled oats
  • 1 Granny Smith apple

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl or electric mixer, blend butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until creamy and smooth.
    A close-up view of a mixing bowl filled with creamy, light brown cookie dough. The dough looks smooth and evenly mixed, ready for baking. The bowl appears to be made of metal.
  2. Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
    A clear glass bowl filled with a mound of dry, white flour is placed on a white surface. The flour appears finely ground, with an even texture and no visible clumps.
  3. Step 3: Add this dry mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and blend well. Mix in the oats.
    An overhead view of a mixing bowl filled with a crumbly dough mixture containing rolled oats. The oats and dough appear well-combined, giving the mixture a rough texture.
  4. Step 4: Peel and finely dice the apple. You should get about 1 cup of apple pieces.
    A clear glass measuring cup filled with small, diced pale yellow or green pieces, possibly chopped fruit or vegetables, sits on a white surface. Red measurement markings are visible on the side of the cup.
  5. Step 5: Stir the apple pieces into the dough.
    A large mixing bowl filled with a mixture of raw ingredients including chopped onions and what appears to be ground meat or a meat substitute. The mixture has a coarse texture and a light brown color.
  6. Step 6: Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place evenly on a lined cookie sheet.
    Twelve evenly spaced, unbaked cookie dough balls with visible chunks of ingredients are placed on a sheet of parchment paper. The dough balls are arranged in a grid pattern on the baking tray, ready to be baked.
  7. Step 7: Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browning on the edges of the cookies. Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack.
    A baking sheet lined with parchment paper holds twelve evenly spaced oatmeal cookies. The cookies are golden brown and contain small chunks of what appears to be apple, giving them a rustic, homemade appearance.

Notes

  • The cookies will look a little unbaked on the top when they come out, but they will continue to cook on the pan. 
  • This oatmeal cookie recipe is a great base for other mix-ins like butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, or raisins. If you use a mix-in other than apples, just bake for 10 minutes instead of 12.
  • These cookies freeze really well! Just place the baked and cooled cookies in a freezer bag or airtight container.