Ingredients
Equipment
Method
To make the cookie cups
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Use convection bake if you have it.
- Place softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a medium-large mixing bowl and mix with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla extract, egg, cream of tartar, cinnamon and baking soda. Mix until well combined. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
- Add the flour in two portions, mixing after each addition. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
- In a separate bowl, combine the granulated sugar and cinnamon that will be used for topping the cookie dough.
- Grab some cookie dough and form a 2-3-inch ball. Toss the ball in the sugar mixture and completely coat it. Then press it into the bottom of a well greased muffin tin (see photo above).
- Repeat the step above until all of the muffin wells are filled (should make about 15 total cookie cups).
- Bake the cookie cups for 15-20 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown.
- Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, use a tablespoon measuring spoon or a regular spoon to make indents in each cookie, forming your cookie cups.
- Set the cookie cups aside to cool (do not yet remove them from the pan).
To make the apple pie filling
- Peel the apples and dice them into 1-2 centimeter cubes.
- Add the peeled and diced apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon to a medium saucepan and cook it on medium-low heat, stirring constantly.
- Continuing stirring and cooking until the apples have softened and the mixture has thickened (7-10 minutes). Remove them from heat and set aside.
To assemble the cookie cups
- Remove the cookie cups from the muffin tin once they have cooled.
- Place the dulce de leche in a piping bag or ziploc bag. Trim the corner of the piping bag to form a small opening, then pipe a 1 teaspoon dollop of dulce de leche in the bottom of each cookie cup.
- Spoon the apple pie filling on top of the dulce de leche, filling each cookie cup to the top.
- Drizzle more dulce de leche over the top of each cookie cup if desired.
- Store these in the fridge and enjoy chilled or at room temperature.