Caramel and apple cookie sandwich

Crunchy biscuit meets a melt-in-the-mouth centre with this perfect combination of sweet caramel, apple and cinnamon. You'll blow the competition away with this recipe.

Recipe details

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 10

Ingredients

For the cookies:

140g butter, cubed
175g self-raising flour
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and diced
85g porridge oats
175g light brown muscovado sugar
1 tsp ground mixed spice
1 RSPCA Assured egg

For the salted caramel drizzle:

75g unsalted butter
50g soft light brown sugar
50g golden syrup
125ml double cream
1/2 tsp sea salt

For the cinnamon buttercream:

225g unsalted butter (softened)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
450g icing sugar
4 tbsp milk

Method

Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas mark 4 and line a large baking sheet with greaseproof paper.

Step 2:
In a large bowl, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs, then stir in the diced apple, oats, sugar and spices.

Step 3:
Make a well in the centre, crack in the egg, then mix to make a firm dough.

Step 4:
Roll the dough into 20 even-sized balls and place (well-spaced apart) on the lined baking tray, pressing to flatten slightly. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

Step 5:
For the salted caramel drizzle - melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a small heavy-based pan and let it simmer for 3 minutes, stirring often.

Step 6:
Add cream and half a teaspoon of salt and stir again, cooking for another minute on the hob. Pour into a small bowl ready for drizzling.

Step 7:
To make the cinnamon buttercream, beat the butter with a whisk until light and fluffy then add the cinnamon and half the icing sugar.

Step 8:
Use a wooden spoon to gently mix together and add the remaining icing sugar. Mix gently until all the icing sugar is incorporated, then whisk again until smooth, light and fluffy.

Step 9:
Just before serving, spoon or pipe the buttercream onto half the cookies and drizzle with caramel. Top with another cookie to make the sandwich and press down very gently.

Tip:

Don't worry if you don't want to bake the biscuits straight away: