Apple Cookie Cups

It’s fun to make lots of tasty treats for the holiday season. But with everything else going on, it can be tough to find the time to bake. If you find yourself strapped for time during the holidays, you should check out this recipe for Apple Cookie Cups. Made with sugar cookie mix and apple pie filling, half the work is already done for you from the start!

You assemble these beautiful little cookie cups in mini muffin pans. The sugar cookie dough is a perfect crust to hold your pie filling, and after baking, you drizzle them with a simple powdered sugar icing. Apple Cookie Cups are literally little sugary pies you hold in your hand, and so fun and festive that people will think you slaved over them for hours!

Apple Cookie Cups are a delicious treat perfect for Autumn and Winter. They are great for holiday meals, Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, and would be a welcome addition at potlucks and family gatherings, too. If you love apple pie, I bet you’ll love these even more!

Apple Cookie Cups

Raise your hand if someone in your family has asked you to make something for an important event the night before…. My hand goes up…. and I bet yours may have too… It can be a pain when someone doesn’t give you a lot of notice and they must have something that “isn’t store-bought.” This is the perfect recipe for that.

They come together so quickly, the ingredients are easy to find, and it’s inexpensive. So they are a perfect recipe to make on short notice.

Need a homemade cookie on short notice? Try our Apple Cookie Cups! They come together quickly using easy to find, inexpensive ingredients. And they taste and look great!

Ingredients you need to make the recipe

You will need one 12-24 count mini muffin pan to make these cookies.

Ingredients for Cookies:

• 1 package sugar cookie dough
• Cooking spray
• 1 can apple pie filling
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Ingredients for Icing:

• 4 tbsp of powdered sugar
• water to mix until smooth

Any variations for apple cookie cups?

Your options to make cookie cups are great! You can select your favorite pie filling and make any other flavor the same way. I particularly enjoy these with blueberry and cherry pie filling too.

I like to make these cookie cups at Christmas, but since you can substitute any pie filling, it’s a versatile recipe you can make any time of year.

How to make the apple cookie cups

1. Preheat oven 375 degrees. Lightly spray a 12-24 mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Follow the instructions on the sugar cookie package for drop cookies.
2. Roll dough into small balls. Place into muffin pan. We used dough that was cut into each cookie size and just rolled each cookie size into a ball.
3. Bake for 10 minutes. Immediately remove from oven and press a shot glass into the cookie to make the opening. We sprayed the shot glass with cooking oil every few cups.
4. Place cookie cups on a cooling rack and let cool.
5. Fill the cups with apple pie filling and top with cinnamon.
6. Drizzle with icing if desired.

To make the icing:

Add a bit of water to the powdered sugar and stir. Add water a bit at a time until it reaches your preferred consistency. If you like it thick, use less water. If you like your icing thing, use a bit more.

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Apple Cookie Cups

Apple Cookie Cups are a delicious treat perfect for Autumn and Winter. They are great for holiday meals, Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, and would be a welcome addition at potlucks and family gatherings, too. If you love apple pie, I bet you’ll love these even more!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Apple Cookie Cups

Servings: 24

Calories: 201kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients for Apple Cookie Cups

• 1 12-24 count Mini Muffin Pan
• 1 package Sugar Cookie Dough
• Cooking Spray
• 1 can Apple Pie Filling
• 1 tbsp Cinnamon

Ingredients for Icing

• 4 tbsp Powdered Sugar
• Water

Instructions

Instructions for Apple Cookie Cups

• Preheat oven 375 degrees. Lightly spray a 12-24 mini muffin pan with cooking spray. 
• Follow the instructions on the sugar cookie package for drop cookies.
  
• Roll dough into small balls. Place into muffin pan. We used dough that was cut into each cookie size and just rolled each cookie size into a ball.
  
• Bake for 10 minutes. Immediately remove from oven and press a shot glass into the cookie to make the opening. We sprayed the shot glass with cooking oil every few cups.
  
• Place cookie cups on a cooling rack and let cool.
  
• Fill the cups with apple pie filling and top with cinnamon.
  
• Drizzle with icing if desired.
  

Instructions for Icing

• Add a little bit of water to the powdered sugar and stir. Add water a little bit at a time until it reaches your preferred consistency. If you like it thick, use less water. If you like your icing thing, use a bit more.

Notes

Please note that nutrition facts are subject to change based on your choice of ingredients.

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