I photographed yet another birth earlier this week. Baby girl was born easily and peacefully at home. With all these babies and births, I’m not posting here nearly as often as I used to…but for the first time since I started blogging, I feel like it’s the right time for me to take a small step back from Anecdotes and Apple Cores. (But don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere!)
Not only did I get to watch a baby make her way into the world, but I also had the joy of watching my baby fall in love with Halloween. Dressing up, walking around our neighborhood, knocking on doors, picking out candy…she loved the whole experience from start to finish. And what more perfect costume for my daughter than that of a french mademoiselle?
On Friday afternoon, I realized we didn’t have an ounce of candy in our house. So naturally…I baked cookies. Because who wouldn’t want to receive a homemade cookie? Thankfully, we live in a small close-knit neighborhood where cookie-sharing on Halloween wouldn’t be creepy. These cookies were in the oven and on this cakestand within an hour’s time. They were slightly sweet, buttery, and bursting with the best flavors of fall.
Apple Pie Cookies
1 cup diced and peeled apples
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 stick (8 tablespoons butter) room temperature
1/2 cup coconut sugar (brown sugar works too)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
In a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add diced apples and maple syrup. Cook until apples are tender and begin to caramelize slightly. Set aside.
In a medium bowl attached to a stand mixer, beat together coconut sugar and butter until smooth and creamy, about five minutes. Stir in egg and vanilla. Beat until combined. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into butter-sugar mixture. A soft dough should form. Allow to chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Scoop dough out in one-inch balls. Place about two-inches apart on baking sheet. With your thumb or the back of a spoon, form a small indentation into each piece of dough. Generously spoon cooked apples into center. Bake cookies until the edges are lightly golden, about 12 minutes. Remove and serve warm.
I hope Lucy always loves Halloween.
Oh my goodness your daughter is so adorable! And I love that she had so much fun on Halloween. It’s my favourite holiday of the year 😀
I haven’t been spending so much time with my blog either and I don’t feel guilty about it. I actually appreciate it even more when I get do find time to work on it. I love apple cookies. Yours look so warm and inviting Monet. Your pictures of Lucy are great too. Happy Halloween – belated!
As always-I’m in awe of you! I’ll look forward to anytime you’re able to post 🙂 Lu is the cutest and sweetest little French ladyyyy!
and these cookies are amazing! 2 kinds of tasty desserts merged into 1!
What an original recipe! The cookies look wonderful on that beautiful cake stand. So glad your little one had a nice Halloween. She is growing beautifully. All the best!
These cookies look awesome, and I love that you live in a tight-knit community where sharing homemade goodies is totally kosher! I would love to do that, but I’d fear everyone would look at me askance . . . glad y’all had a good Halloween!
Your daughter is so adorable! And these cookies look absolutely delicious!
She looks so adorable! Thanks for that smile. :D) The other smile? That’s these cookies. They look magical!
Monet,
Lucy is adorable, as always, and I love her costume, simple and cute! I would love to get one of those yummy Apple Pie cookies in my Trick or Treat bag:)
Cookies for Halloween?!? Omg. When I have kids I am TOTALLY moving into your neighbourhood…or at least really want to, lol. Amazing! Love this recipe too. So delicious!
1. I love Lucy’s costume! Adorable.
2. I love that you live in a neighborhood where cookies as Halloween treats is totally okay.
3. I love that these cookies have actual pieces of apple in them. Yum.
The cookies look awesome! I’m so glad Halloween was a hit for your cutie. Here the weather was so nasty most people stayed in – me included!
Lu is so darling, and I’d take one or two of your cookies instead of candy any day! 🙂
I would love to receive these cookies while trick or treating! If I was a kid…but also as an adult 🙂
Those are so cute! I wish we lived in a small enough neighborhood that we could do baked goods.
Especially loving the light in that last photo. Lucy is adorable! I would take these cookies over candy ANY DAY. 🙂
Such a pretty treat, your trick or treaters must have been quite happy!
You have the coolest job ever photographing births!!! And your baby girl makes an adorable French Mademoiselle 🙂
And these cookies sound wonderful – yum!
She is a doll!!! These sound wonderful! Will try!
Great cookies! And Lucy is just adorable. I loved Halloween when I was a kid — still do, actually. 🙂
I absolutely love that you live somewhere that you can give out cookies! How special! And how adorable is Lucy in her costume!? I love it!
If only I could be your neighbor! I would have no problem trick or treating with my kids, to have one of these cookies! This is absolutely the best of both worlds – I love how you put apple pie into a cookie, Monet!
Also, I love your birthing photography – such a gift to be able to witness such miracles!
p.s. Lucy is darling!!
Your daughter is so adorable! The holidays as a parent are so special and it is just so amazing to be able to experience that through our little ones. These cookies are lovely! : )
These look SO good!! I love how they turned out. And your sweet little girl in her Halloween costume is so precious so glad she loved Halloween! 🙂
Congrats on documenting another beautiful birth!!
These cookies are so adorable and perfect for apple season! I love that you’re using coconut sugar – it’s fabulous, isn’t it?! These cute apple thumbprints would be a blast to make with my nieces and nephews.
That was THE cutest Halloween outfit ever! Perfect… absolutely perfect!
I look forward to your posts, even if they become less frequent – real life has priority. Always!
Awww, your little girl looks so adorable in her costume! I would much rather eat these delicious cookies than all the candy I made myself sick with! These look great and I’m so glad you are getting to photograph so many amazing births 🙂
Oh, your petite demoiselle looks extraordinaire! What a sweetheart, I can well imagine how she embraced her first Halloween :). I’m so happy (and not at all surprised) to hear that your birth photography is flourishing Monet. Being open to life’s flow allows us to uncover our passions and is the very best gift we can give ourselves and our families… enjoy every moment. xx
I love American tradition, it’s must be so much fun for both – children and adults. And she looks cute indeed. Were children super excited about your cookies?
Perfect cookies and I bet they were a hit with the kids. Lucy looks adorable, as usual. I understand about taking a step back, I’ve been doing that, moving on to other things, but plan to return to my blog soon. Have fun in your busy life!
Lucy is such a beauty and the French outfit is adorable on her! I’m glad that you’re enjoying your photography venture so much, Monet. It’s so hard finding what makes us passionate in this world (I feel like I’m always searching). You’re an amazing photographer, writer, baker, woman. I see you succeeding at everything you put your mind to! As for these cookies – I could probably eat the entire batch by myself. Putting sauteed apples on top of a buttery cookie is a brilliant move!
What a great idea!! It looks so delicious! And your daughter is adorable 🙂