3 Ingredient Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies
These 3-Ingredient Caramel Apple Cookies are a quick and easy treat that captures the cozy flavors of fall. These soft and chewy cookies are an ideal for a quick snack or a fun dessert and are sure to be a hit with everyone!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (88 g) quick oats, or instant apple cinnamon oatmeal
- 1/2 cup (119 g) sweetened cinnamon applesauce, can use unsweetened and can also use plain applesauce without cinnamon
- 2 tbsp (34 g) dulce de leche, slightly heated until easy to stir, plus more for drizzling on top of the cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- In a large bowl, stir together the oats (or oatmeal) and applesauce until evenly combined. Stir in the heated dulce de leche until evenly mixed. If you are not planning on drizzling more dulce de leche at the end you may want to add 2 more tablespoons of dulce de leche to the cookie dough. You can taste and adjust as needed. I didn't add that much caramel to the dough since I drizzled more on top.
- Use a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop and scoop dough balls, placing them onto prepared baking sheet, spaced 2 inches apart. Using the back of a metal spoon, press down on dough balls to form thick round disks (about 3/8 inch thick). The cookies will not spread or change shape during baking so shape them as needed until they are how you want them to be. If your dough is too sticky you can lightly wet the spoon before shaping.
- Bake cookies about 15 minutes or until they are done. If you are unsure if the cookies are set, use a cookie spatula and try to lift a cookie off of the baking sheet. You should be able to lift the cookie off of the sheet without the center sticking to the baking sheet. When cookies are cooled, you can drizzle with additional dulce de leche on top for decoration. You will want to heat the dulce de leche (I heated in my microwave for a few seconds) so that it becomes a thinner consistency that you can drizzle easily.
Notes
- If you are using instant apple cinnamon oatmeal you will need 3 individual packets to equal 1 cup, about 105 grams.
- If you are using instant apple oatmeal, you don't need to use cinnamon applesauce, you can use plain applesauce.
- I recommend drizzling the dulce de leche on top if you really want to taste the caramel flavor. The caramel flavor isn't as strong in the cookie dough.
- If you want a molten gooey caramel center, add half of a chewy caramel candy (I used Werther's chewy caramel candy) to the center of each cookie, pressing down lightly so that part of the candy goes into the oatmeal dough.
- You can also use salted caramel topping instead of dulce de leche. Salted caramel topping refers to the thick caramel topping that is usually sold as an ice cream topping and must be heated just like dulce de leche to get a runny consistency.
- Nutrition information is for the cookie only before the additional drizzle of caramel on top.
Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 50kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 0.3g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 0.3g, Sodium: 5mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 4g, NET CARBS: 8
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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