These vegan soft cookies filled with cinnamon spiced apple are perfect for snacks and dessert! Give it a try if you love cookies with filling inside, you will enjoy the flavour and the texture straightaway when you have a first bite, it’s delicious!
As I mentioned in one my my post ‘CREAM FILLED VEGAN VANILLA CUPCAKES‘, I absolutely adore sweets with filling inside them. I made this cute little vegan apple filled cookies a number of time last year and thought about sharing the recipe with you.
The recipe is very easy to follow and you only need a few simple ingredients! Make sure you have the ingredients below before you start trying the recipe.
For the pastry
- Orange juice (or pineapple juice, just be sure it’s smooth and100% pure)
- Sunflower oil (or any other unflavoured oil)
- Baking powder
- Vanilla extract
- Sugar
- Flour
For the apple filling
- Apples
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
Yes, you need only these ingredients to make these yummy treat. Perhaps you already have them in your kitchen and can try out the recipe straightaway?!
I haven’t tried with different fillings yet but you could try with the following.
- Chocolate
- Cooked pineapple
- Fruit jam
- Dates
How to make Vegan apple filled cookies
- Start with making the cookie dough! In a mixing bowl, mix the orange juice, oil and vanilla extract together.
- Add in the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and mix to combine well until it forms a ball of dough. Cover and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
- While the dough is resting, make the filling. Put the grated apple with sugar and cinnamon in a sauce pan and place on a cooker on a low-medium heat.
- Mix the filling mixture often while cooking for 10-15 minutes. Allow it to cool completely.
- Divide and roll the rested dough into a few balls. I made 14 balls but this depends on what size of cookies you would like to make.
- Roll one of the dough balls on the table with a rolling pin (I used my palm) into a circular shape.
- Put about one tea spoon of the filling in the middle and stick all around the edge together to seal. Repeat the steps to make the rest.
- Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper with the sealed sided facing up and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven (176°C, gas mark 4). until slightly golden.
- After they cool down, dust with some icing sugar (optional).
Vegan Apple Filled Cookies
Cinnamon spiced apple inside soft cookie shell, super delicious and easy to make!
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 80 ml Orange juice Pineapple juice also works
- 80 ml Sunflower oil or any other unflavoured oil
- 250 g Plain flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- a pinch Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
For the filling
- 2 large Apples
- 70 g Sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon Add more for stronger flavour
Instructions
To make the pastry
- In a mixing bowl, mix the orange juice, oil and vanilla extract together. Add in the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and mix to combine well until it forms a ball of dough. Cover and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
To make the filling
- While the dough is resting, make the filling. Put the grated apple with sugar and cinnamon in a sauce pan and place on a cooker on a low-medium heat.
- Mix the filling mixture often while cooking for 10-15 minutes. *Allow it to cool completely.
To make the cookies
- Divide and roll the rested dough into a few balls. I made 14 balls but this depends on what size of cookies you would like to make.
- Roll one of the dough balls on the table with a rolling pin (I used my palm) into a circular shape.
- Put about one tea spoon of the filling in the middle and stick all around the edge together to seal. Repeat the steps to make the rest.
- Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper with the sealed sided facing up and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven (176°C, gas mark 4). until slightly golden.
- After they cool down, dust with some icing sugar (optional).
Notes
*Please make sure you cool down the filling completely. Putting warm filling would give you a soggy pastry mess!