Make these apple-shaped sugar cookies for a fun fall party, or a cute after-school snack. These sugar cookies are all decked out for fall and would make a great back-to-school treat idea or teacher gift.
Apple Shaped Cookies
Caramel apples are a serious childhood memory for me. I still love it, when they make an appearance in the produce section of the supermarket.
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Here’s a video to help you in the process:
Are you ready to make these fun cookies? Let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need…
Ingredients for Apple Sugar Cookies:
- Sugar Cookie Dough – if you need a handy dandy recipe for the Best Sugar Cookies Ever – click here
- red and green food coloring
- Popsicle sticks – optional
- Soft Caramel Candies
- Nuts – optional
- Wax paper
- Parchment paper
- 2 round cookie cutters – one large, one small
Caramel Apple Shaped Cookies! – A Kid Friendly Thing To Eat
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour refrigeration
- Total Time: 44 minute
- Yield: 2 dozen 1x
Ingredients
- Sugar Cookie Dough – if you need a handy dandy recipe for the Best Sugar Cookies Ever – click here
- red and green food coloring
- Popsicle sticks – optional
- Wax paper
- Parchment paper
- 2 round cookie cutters – one large, one small
To Make the Bottom Look Like Caramel Apples…
- Vanilla frosting
- Chocolate frosting
- chopped nuts
- Nuts – optional
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with Parchment Paper
- Color most of your sugar cookie dough with red food coloring
- Take a small amount – maybe about 1/2 cup of dough and color it green for the leaves
- Use wax paper to roll out the red dough onto
- Use the round cookie cutter to make red circles
- Place about 6 circles onto the baking sheet lined with Parchment paper
- Take the craft sticks and slide them under the apples
- Roll out the green sugar cookie dough
- Use a small circle to cut little circles out of the green – cut them in half and shape the circle halves into leaves
- Press the leaves onto the apples
- Bake according to the sugar cookie recipe directions
- Slide the cookies off by pulling the parchment paper onto a cooling rack with the cookies still on the paper
for a caramel apple look:
- Mix a small amount of chocolate frosting into a bowl of vanilla frosting to make a light beige color
- Once the cookies have cooled, spread the beige frosting onto the bottom of the cookie and sprinkle with nuts
Notes
Note – if using the sugar cookie recipe from the post – this will make about 2 dozen cookies
Using real caramel:
- using soft caramel, roll it out until it is the width of the cookie
- shape it into a curved bottom with a couple of curves at the top
- place on cookie and press to secure
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.Com
