These award-winning Toffee Apple Pie Cookies combine apple pie and toffee flavors with a fresh lemon glaze. They won Grand Prize in the Home Baking Cookie Category  at "Canada’s Baking and Sweets Show 2015". A unique and tasty dessert recipe that’s the perfect way to use up those apples.
Heat oven to 350° F/175 degrees C. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray or line it with parchment paper.
Mix cinnamon, ¼ cup of the brown sugar and white granulated sugar together. Set aside.
Cook apples in butter in microwave on high for 1 minute. Combine apple mixture with sugar and cinnamon sugar mixture until coated.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
With electric mixer, beat cream cheese and remaining ½ cup brown sugar together until smooth, then add apple sauce, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, vanilla and whipped cream and milk. Beat for 30 seconds longer. Add egg and mix until incorporated.
Gradually add half the flour mixture, then fold in chopped pecans, toffee bits and apple/sugar mixture. Add the remaining flour mixture and stir until incorporated.
Drop cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet with cookie scoop (about 1 tablespoon sized).
Bake cookies in prepared oven for 20 minutes, or until bottoms are golden brown (these cookies will not brown on top like typical cookies). Cool on pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire cooling rack and let cool for another 5 minutes.
Glaze: Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice together in a small bowl. Glaze should be thick, yet pourable. (Add more or less sugar or lemon juice to achieve desired consistency).
Once cookies are cooled, drizzle glaze over cookies using a spoon (or put glaze in a ziplock bag and snip off a small corner then drizzle.)
Garnish: Sprinkle lemon zest over cookies, dividing evenly between all cookies.
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Nutrition Facts
📋 Toffee Apple Pie Cookies Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 242Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 23mg8%
Sodium 108mg5%
Potassium 105mg3%
Carbohydrates 40g13%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 25g28%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 196IU4%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 39mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.