Honey Apple Cake

This apple cake is so easy to make and is the perfect dessert for Rosh Hashana! Plus, it’s all made in one bowl, so less to clean up afterwards.

What you will need:

2 eggs

1 cup granulated sugar

¾ cup applesauce

1 cup olive oil

½ cup honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 ¼ cups all purpose flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp kosher salt

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

2 Honeycrisp apples, cored and chopped

Confectioners' sugar, for dusting 

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9” square cake pan with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, applesauce, olive oil, honey, and vanilla until smooth. Tip- when measuring the honey, spray the measuring cup with nonstick spray first so the honey glides right out.

Add the flour, cinnamon nutmeg, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and stir until just combined.  

Fold in the apples and pour into the cake pan.

Bake, rotating halfway through, for 45-50 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.

Optional- dust with confectioners' sugar.

Enjoy!

Mini Apple Pie Cookies

These mini apple pie cookies are made of real pie crust layered with gooey caramel, and a layer of apple pie filling, topped with a flaky and adorable cinnamon sugar lattice crust.

Each and every bite offers the very best part of an actual apple pie, with all of the convenience of a cookie! No utensils or plate required! Seriously the best cookie I’ve ever had! I can't help but want to eat the entire batch~

What you will need:
1 batch of my pie dough, recipe here, or buy the ready made kind 
1 can of apple pie filling {just enough for a thin layer} 
1 cup of caramel sauce {just enough for a light coating} 
1 egg 
2 tbsp. cinnamon sugar 
A round cookie cutter, any size you like 

 

Lay out half of the pie dough {or 1 sheet if using store bought dough}, sprinkle it with some flour and slightly roll it out.

Pour some of the caramel sauce onto the crust and evenly spread it around, creating a thin layer of caramel.

Coarsely chop the apple pie filling into small pieces, you don't want giant chunks in your delicate cookies.

Top the caramel layer with a thin layer of the chopped up apple pie filling, making sure not to add too much pie filling.

Roll out the other half of pie dough, the same size as the first sheet, and cut it into thin strips.

Create a lattice crust {just like on a pie} for the top of the pie filling. You can create the lattice,{just like a real pie!} right on top of the filling. Or, you can do what I did, I created the lattice on a floured board and then flipped on top of the filling.

Now it's time to cut out your pie cookies!

Once the cookies are all cut, brush the tops of them with some egg wash and sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar.

Place them onto a baking sheet and bake them at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until they’re golden and firm.

Let them cool just a little..

Now, get ready to bite into the juiciest, chewiest apple pie cookie ever!

Enjoy!