Melt the butter in the microwave or in a small saucepan over low-medium heat. You don’t want it to bubble, so as to not lose any of the liquid in the butter. Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl and let it cool down to room temperature in the fridge. Takes about 20 minutes.
110 g butter
Once the butter has reached room temperature add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and with spatula whisk it together for 1 minute. Alternatively, mix it together in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment.
100 g granulated sugar, 100 g dark brown sugar
Add the egg, vanilla extract and mix it in until combined.
1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt. Add the dry ingredients and with spatula mix it together until just combined.
230 g all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon salt
Use a medium 2 ounce cookie scoop / ¼ cup (55 g), scoop out 11 cookies. Then roll them between your hands into a ball.
Mix together cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and roll each cookie dough ball in the cinnamon sugar. Place them on a tray lined with baking paper. Place the cookies in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
50 g sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 180ºC / 355ºF and prepare a baking sheet with baking paper. Place respectively 6 and 5 cookies per baking tray and bake one tray at a time for 10-11 minutes.
Once baked, immediately out of the oven, use a ¼ cup measurement or tablespoon measurement, and press it into the middle of the cookies. Press it down to make an indent in the cookies (see photos above in the blog post).
Let the cookies cool down on the baking tray for 5 minutes as they still will be soft when they are done. Then use a spatula to lift them onto a cooling rack and let them cool down completely.
Once completely cooled, fill the cookies with the apples and drizzle with the caramel. Save any leftover caramel in an airtight jar for up to 3 weeks in the fridge.