I realize I have exhausted the pumpkin recipes this fall but in my defense it is the majority of what is on the market for fall baking mixes. However inside the fall display at my local Walmart I came across this “limited edition” mix from Betty Crocker for caramel apple cookies. This is not something I have seen on the market and I haven’t even heard of or thought of making a cookie caramel apple flavored so I’m excited to dive in and see how Betty delivers.
This mix is simple like all their other cookie mixes and it only requires a stick of butter and one egg. Mix everything together and you have a dough. This cookie dough is caramel flavored and tastes similar to the caramel cake mix we just tried out. It is artificial tasting yet enjoyable. Surprisingly, this mix includes dehydrated apple chunks, and I do mean chunks because these are big. I don’t recommend eating this dough because the different consistency of the dehydrated apple and the dough is not pleasant. I’m hoping that the apple pieces absorb some of the moisture of the dough while cooking and change consistency.
Using a 1 tablespoon sized scoop like the recipe calls for, I was able to get 27 cookies scooped out onto my pans. As we have seen on newer Betty Crocker mixes they provide two different baking temperatures and I went with the lower option that was 325. The box recipe calls for 14-16 minutes in the oven and I don’t trust Betty so I started checking on these cookies at 10 minutes. Surprisingly, I found them baked at exactly 15 minutes. I am so impressed, Betty Crocker finally produced a product with an accurate bake time! Let’s hope that this accuracy isn’t what they were referring to when they wrote “limited edition” on the packaging.
The cookies stayed a light color but unfortunately became very flat and the tall apple chunks were sticking up higher than the rest of the cookie. They weren’t very good looking cookies but taste is what matters most. As for taste though, the caramel flavor was there but the apple flavor was lacking from the actual cookie and could only be tasted while chewing up the apple chunks. Unlike I had hoped, the apple bits didn’t re-hydrate hardly at all so the consistency was not it. These were caramel cookies with chewy spongey pieces of apple inside. I’m not impressed with these and personally wouldn’t buy these again. Discovering this mix on the market has me intrigued and I will be searching for a homemade version to try out in the future.
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