Mini-batch Apple Brown Butter Cookies

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Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple cinnamon, apple pie, apples, brown butter, easy recipes, gluten-free, low sugar, mini-batch, pecans, plant-based, small-batch, vegan

Servings: cookies

Calories: 156kcal

1 tbsp (plant) butter (14 g)
2 tbsp sugar (24 g) brown/coconut sugar works best
1 tsp lemon juice (5 g) this activates the baking soda so don't omit it (it also brings out the flavor of the apples)
drop of vanilla, pinch of salt, dash of cinnamon
1/4 cup diced apple (30 g) no need to peel, but chop them the size of blueberries

3 tbsp flour (21 g) gf all purpose if desired
1/4 cup oats (20 g) rolled or quick, I used rolled
1/8 tsp baking soda sub 1/4 tsp baking powder, but baking soda helps with the browning
2 tbsp pecans (14 g) sub walnuts or more oats or you can also simply omit

Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment.
In a small bowl whisk together all dry ingredients, set aside.
On a small pan on medium heat add all the wet ingredients and stir together. While stirring let the butter and sugar caramelize and cook the apple pieces, about 3-5 minutes. Do not burn this, make sure to keep stirring and adjust the heat.
Let the apple mixture cool for a few minutes and add it into the dry ingredients, stir to form a cookie dough. Do not over mix.
Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough on the parchment. You can flatten them or not, the choice is yours. I flattened two and just scooped the other for testing purposes :)
Bake 12-14 minutes until nice and golden around the edges, let cookies cool on the cookie sheet and enjoy!

If you don't have a food scale, remember to use the spoon & level method in measuring flour to avoid over-measuring, which will lead to dry cookies.