Sourdough Carmel Apple Pie Cookies

Sourdough Pie Crust

260 g AP flour

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 1/2 teaspoon sugar

226 g (2 sticks) frozen grated butter, unsalted

3/4 cup cold discard

2 T half and half

Combine dry ingredients. Add in butter (frozen, then grated right before adding to recipe), and mix until crumbly mixture forms. Add in discard and work dough a minute. Add half and half. Form ball, cut in half and flatten into discs. Wrap. Refrigerate over night.

Pie filling:

4 T unsalted butter

4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cubed

2 T lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

1/2 cup brown sugar organic

1/8 t cardamom ( pinch)

Peel, slice, and chop apple finely. In a bowl, coat apples with lemon juice, sugar, and spices. In a medium sauce, melt butter on medium then add apples.  Cook till apples come to low boil- cover and simmer 8 minutes. Strain apples over a bowl in a sieve, then add juices back to pan. Simmer juice on medium heat for another 5-8 minutes and add back to apples. Mix well and chill.

Brown Butter Caramel Cinnamon Icing:

In a small pot brown 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter on low. Remove from heat  and stir in 1 cup brown sugar- whisk till smooth. Add 1/4 cup half and half and 2 T cream - Bring to a low simmer. Remove from heat and stir in 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar- whisk till smooth. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon cardamom. With egg beater, blend till silky. Set aside to cool. 

Roll out pie dough into 1/4 in thickness on well floured surface. Transfer rolled out dough to cookie sheet that is lined with silicon mat or parchment. Cut out 8 6in rounds. Roll out left over dough again to 1/4 in thickness, and this time cut into 1 in strips.   Use additional pie dough if needed. Scoop 2 Tablespoons of apple mixture into center of cookies, then layer 4 strips of pie dough over the top and crisscross. Trim and crimp edges. Best 1 egg yolk and 1 Tablespoon cream and brush over tops. 

Bake at 350 for 30-40 mins. Allow to cool and drizzle with Carmel Cinnamon icing. (If icing is too stiff warm on low heat till reaches desired consistency to drizzle). Enjoy!

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