Apple Bites

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 48 cookies

Ingredients: 

2 apples, cored and diced (I used jazz apples) 

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon coconut oil

2 cups all-purpose flour (oat flour works great too)

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¼ cup milk

1 egg

Optional: ½ cup grated parmesan or cheddar

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Set your oven racks to a central position with room to use multiple trays if you like.

3. Wash, core, and dice or grate the apples.

4. To your diced apple, add the cinnamon, vanilla, honey, and coconut oil and stir thoroughly.

5. Add the flours and baking powder next, stirring to combine. This will resemble a crumble more than cookie dough — don’t be alarmed.

6. Add the milk and egg and give it a final stir.

7. Drop small spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a parchment-lined* cookie sheet.

8. You can either leave the dough in spherical form or press down lightly with a fork to create a flatter, crunchier cookie.

9. Bake 20 minutes, or until the tops attain some golden color and there are some crunchy bits on the edges, but the bottom isn’t too browned.

*Aluminum foil is a fine replacement for parchment paper. 

Final thoughts: These end up looking like apple pie cookies, and your kitchen will smell amazing after they come out of the oven. 

Did the dogs love it? Sherman, my beagle, was a huge fan. I needed to break up the bites into a few pieces for both dogs. It’s easier to drop a larger portion onto the tray rather than break it up into tiny pieces before cooking. 

Source: Rover.com