Apple Pie Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients:

¾ cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

2 cups old fashioned oats

2 tsp apple pie spice

1 tsp salt

¾ tsp baking powder

¾ tsp baking soda

1 ½ cups diced Granny Smith apple

⅔ cup caramel sauce

Creamy Spiced Filling (separate recipe)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper
• Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar together at medium speed in electric mixer until fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, oats, apple pie spice, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  Add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat at a low speed until just combined.  Do not overmix.  Add apple – beating until just combined.  
• Using a 1 ½ inch scoop, scoop dough and place 2 inches apart on prepared sheet pan.  Bake 12-14 minutes or until edges are golden.  Let cool on pans for 5 minutes.  Remove from pans and let cool completely on wire racks.  
• Spread or pipe Creamy Spiced Filling onto flat side of half cookies.  Drizzle caramel sauce onto filling.  Place remaining cookies, flat side down on top of filled cookie. 
• Cover and refrigerate until filling is set, about 30 minutes.  Keep refrigerated in airtight container for up to 3 days.  

Creamy Spiced Filling

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp apple pie spice

6 cups powdered sugar

¼ cup heavy whipping cream

In a large bowl, beat butter at medium speed until creamy.  Add salt and apple pie spice, beating until combined.  Add powdered sugar 1 ½ cups at a time, alternate with 1 Tbs cream at a time.  Beat well after each addition.