These Easy Apple Pie Cookies are fun, tasty and a great treat for fall! Using pie crust and apple pie filling, these cookies are so easy to make and are so cute!
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two sheet trays with parchment paper, and set aside.
Place the apple pie filling into a food processor and process the apples into small bits. Do not process too much, we still want some texture from the apples. See my note below if you don't have a food processor.
On a clean work surface, roll out one of the pie crusts. Cut the crust into ¼ inch strips. I find this easiest to do with a ruler and a pizza cutter. The ruler helps to keep the lines straight. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and set aside.
Roll out one of the pie crusts onto the prepared sheet tray.
Spread half of the apple pie filling on top.
Add ¼ of the pie crust strips on top of the filling. Make sure to match up the sizes of the pie crusts so the lengths are the same.
To make the lattice, pull back every other piece of the pie crust.
Lay down a fresh strip of pie crust. Place the strips you pulled back over the crust you just added. Now, repeat with the crusts that weren’t pulled back the first time.
Keep doing this until another ¼ of the pie crusts strips have been used, and it covers the filling. Refer to the photos above for clarification.
Using a 2 ½ inch round cookie cutter, or one of similar size, cut out cookies. Remove the scraps.
In a small bowl, beat the egg with the water. In another small bowl, mix together the coarse sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Brush the exposed pie crust with the egg wash.
Sprinkle the cookies with the sugar mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
While the first batch of cookies are baking, repeat making the additional cookies with the remaining pie crust and apple pie filling.
Let the cookies cool on the tray for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
If you don't have a food processor, just take a knife and chop up the apples while they are inside the can. Just do a sawing motion in the can until they are all into smaller bits.
These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
If you do not want to lattice your pie crust, you can layer it, see the FAQ above on how to do that.
The scrap pieces can be baked as well for you to snack on so you aren't wasting anything.
Don't have coarse sugar? Just use granulated sugar.
Apple pie spice can be substituted for the cinnamon and nutmeg.