The Most-of-Every-Moment Caramel-Apple Cookies

Yesterday, I shared some apple recipes and showed you a photo of some ingredients.  I mysteriously told you that I had invented a recipe using them, but it would not be posted until today. Some of this baking was to used as a gift, and I wanted to deliver it before I published the photos! 

Whether you are back from curiosity, as a loyal reader, or just visiting this blog for the first time, I hope you enjoy this recipe.

The ingredients of my mystery recipe: a white cake mix; two eggs, cinnamon, oil, apples and caramels.

Caramel Apple Cookies

Ingredients:

• White cake mix
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 cup apples, peeled and chopped fine
• about 12 soft caramels, cut in half.

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir cinnamon into cake mix
• Add eggs and oil.  Beat well until incorporated.
• Stir in chopped apples.
• Drop cookie dough by generous tablespoons (I used my large cookie scoop) onto prepared cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• Gently press a half caramel into the center of each cookie.
• Bake about 12 minutes, until very lightly browned and caramel has melted.  They will still appear a little under-done, but will firm up as they cool.
• Cool 5 minutes on pan, then place on wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in a sealed container.

Making cookies from a cake mix is a quick and easy way to bake up a batch.  The first time I ever did so, I followed a recipe my (then) 12-year old niece had written down for me. The variations are endless.  A little imagination is all that is needed to alter the basic recipe to whatever flavors you desire. Here's another variation you might like to try. 

How I decided what to name this recipe:

These cookies turned out very soft with a chewy caramel center. The flavors of a caramel apple in a cookie.  I'm so happy with them, that I might just decide to name them after my blog! Making quick and scrumptious cookies certainly seems like a good way to make use of a few moments.

The cookies are quickly disappearing, but I put some aside for the gift I mentioned.  Curious as to who the recipient might be? My neighbors who provided the apples from their tree, of course!

"The most - - of Every Moment Caramel Apple Cookies"

As pretty as they are tasty! 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

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