Have you ever made apple cider cookies? Calvados is a liquor that pairs incredibly well with sweet doughs.
Don’t be afraid of using liquor because it evaporates during baking and leaves behind the wonderful aroma it imparts to the baked dough.
These cookies don’t require a lot of sugar to be delicious; the ingredients balance them in flakiness and flavor.
If you love homemade cookies, check out these other recipes below:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 14 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 105.48 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 14.19 (g) of which sugars 2.72 (g)
- Proteins 2.37 (g)
- Fat 4.68 (g) of which saturated 0.61 (g)of which unsaturated 0.62 (g)
- Fibers 0.65 (g)
- Sodium 25.64 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 25 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2.5 oz cider (apple)
- 2 tsp water
- 3 tbsps raw cane sugar (white sugar is fine too)
- 1 tsp anise seeds
- 1.5 cups Type 2 flour (you can also use 1 cup type 2 + 1 cup whole wheat)
- 0.5 cup remilled durum wheat semolina (whole)
- 65 extra virgin olive oil (corn or sunflower oil is also fine)
- 2 tsps baking powder for desserts
- salt (a pinch)
- 0.7 oz almonds (or hazelnuts, one per cookie)
Tools
- 1 Baking Sheet
- 1 Fork
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Kitchen Scale
- 1 Teaspoon
- 1 Baking Mat silicone or parchment paper
Steps
First, measure the cider in a small jug or a small measuring cup and add the anise seeds.
Let them soak for ten to fifteen minutes.
In a bowl, mix the two types of flour, add a pinch of salt and the sugar.
Add the oil to the liquor and pour everything into the center of the dry ingredients.
For sweeter cookies, you can add another 20/30 grams of sugar, compared to my dose.
Finally, add the vanilla baking powder.
With a fork, starting from the center, begin to mix the ingredients, eventually incorporating the flour from the edges.
When it is no longer possible to mix the dough with the fork, use your hands to form a dough ball.
Once the dough ball is ready, break off pieces and weigh them so they are all equal.
Each cookie weighs about 25 grams. Shape them as you like.
I didn’t use cutters, just weighed the pieces and shaped them by hand into a rectangular, but irregular form.
With these quantities, you will get about 16/17 cookies.
Place the cookies on parchment paper or a silicone mat. Add almonds or hazelnuts if you like.
Turn on the oven to static mode at 356°F and once it’s at temperature, bake for approximately 21 minutes.
The cookies are ready to be enjoyed, anytime during the day.
Tips for Storing Apple Cider Cookies
You can store the apple cider cookies in an airtight glass or tin cookie jar, and they will remain crispy for two or three days or more.
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