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Soft apple cookies

This French twist on the famous American treats delivers delicious apple flavour in cookies that are a little softer than usual.

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Last modified on: December 5^th 2021

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For 10 pieces, you will need:

1 75 g flour
2 65 g brown sugar
3 75 g butter
4 75 g rolled oats
5 15 g raisins
6 40 g cream
7 20 g flakeds almonds
8 3 g baking powder
9 2 pinches fine (or table) salt
10 1 apple
Total weight: 548 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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37 min.	20 min.	57 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 75 g flour, 65 g brown sugar, 75 g butter, 75 g rolled oats, 15 g raisins, 40 g cream, 20 g flakeds almonds, 3 g baking powder and 2 pinches fine (or table) salt.

Peel 1 apple and cut into small pieces. Add to the bowl.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Knead until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 12 min.

Weigh the dough out into equal pieces of about 40 g.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Roll the dough into balls with your hands (if you are making these with children, this is the bit they enjoy best), and arrange these on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Flatten into thickish discs.

Stage 6 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

You will note that there is no egg in this recipe. Using cream instead makes the cookies softer.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin or jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,752 Kcal or 7,335 Kj	24 gr	209 gr	91 gr
88 %	9 %	20 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
320 Kcal or 1,340 Kj	4 gr	38 gr	17 gr
16 %	2 %	4 %	3 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
175 Kcal or 733 Kj	2 gr	21 gr	9 gr
9 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 10 pieces : 2.46 €
Per piece : 0.25 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Fillet of salmon meunière, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Brioche feuilletée (flaky brioche), Breton Pie, ... All
	Rolled oats: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Oat shortbread biscuits, Canadian apple crumble, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Oatmeal and apple cookies, Moist cereal bars, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dipping bread with cheese, Sesame fried scampi, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Foie gras fingers, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), ... All
	Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Caribbean upside-down cake, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Quince and apple compote, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Cramique, ... All

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