Gluten free Apple Pie Cookies | Lactose free, Eggless
Gluten free apple pie cookies, nice and flaky outside, filled with sweet apples and cinnamon!
Servings 8 cookies
Equipment
- kitchen scale
- bowl
- Rolling Pin
- parchment paper
- Cookie sheet
Ingredients
- Butter Cookies Dough
- 1 apple
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar (or honey, or maple syrup)
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lactose free butter or ghee
Instructions
- Prepare the cookie dough and let it rest in the fridge as per recipe
- In the meantime peel, core and dice the apple
- Add it to a pan with cinnamon, sugar, grated lemon zest and butter/ghee and cook for 10 minutes over low/medium heat, stirring occasionally
- Pre-heat oven at 320F/160C and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Roll out the cookie dough on a floured surface (use white rice flour), 3-4 millimeters thick, and cut out disks using a cookie cutter or simply a glass/cup
- (Roll out remaining dough and cut out cookie disks until all the dough is used up)
- Move half the dough disks on the cookie sheet and add a spoonful of apple filling on every disk
- Place the other disks on the cookie bases, lightly press the edges together with your fingers and then with a fork
- Bake for 13-15 minutes on middle oven rack, until the cookies are lightly gold on top
- Let the cookies cool down completely before removing them from the cookie sheet
- Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
- Stored in an airtight container and at a cool temperature, these cookies keep nice and flaky for several days.