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Apple Pie Cookies

Ingredients
(Adapted from Smitten Kitchen)

Crust:
1 Stick unsalted butter, well chilled and cut into 1" pieces
1 Cup all purpose flour
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup ice water

Filling:
1 Apple (your choice), peeled, cored and cut into quarters
1/4 Cup sugar
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt
Dash of nutmeg (optional)

To make the crust, combine the butter, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a food processor with a steel blade and pulse just until it resembles course crumbs. Slowly pour in the ice water and pulse just until combined and a dough ball forms. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.

When the dough has chilled, roll it out on a well floured surface until it's quite thin.  Using a round cutter, cut out an equal number of circles.  You can re-roll the scraps to use up all the dough.  The number of circles you get will depend on your size cutter but I used a 3 1/2" cutter and got about 10 circles.

In a bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg.  Slice each apple quarter as thinly as you can and place 2 or 3 slices on half of your dough circles.  Sprinkle a couple of teaspoons of the sugar/cinnamon mixture over the apple slices and top with the blank dough circles.  Using a fork, crimp the edges so that the filling doesn't run out and cut a criss-cross slit across the tops.  Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, sprinkle the tops of the cookies with a tablespoon of additional sugar, if desired, and bake in a pre-heated 350 oven for 20 - 30 minutes or until the cookies are a light golden brown.