Caramel Spiced Apple Cookies

Caramel Spiced Apple Cookies

Ingredients

1-1/2 stick butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp caramel sauce
1/4 cup Apple Cider
1 medium apple peeled and grated 
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground allspice

Apple Cider Glaze

1-1/4 cup confectioners sugar
4 tbsp apple cider

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. In a stand mixer cream butter with brown sugar, and granulated sugar until well combined. 
3. Beat in egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract and grated apple and Apple Cider until fluffy. 
4. Mix in dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and ground allspice) until well combined. 
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 
6. Using a 1 oz ice cream scoop or a cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough.
7. Place cookie dough ball on prepared baking sheet.  Space balls of cookie dough evenly on baking sheet. 
8. Bake for 7 minutes, and then spin the baking sheet, and bake for another 6 or 7 minutes.
9. Let them sit on the baking pan for 2 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
10. Prepare glaze by whisking apple cider with confectioners sugar. 
11. Once cookies cool completely, dip them in eggnog glaze. Let stand until glaze is set, at least 20 minutes.