Name: Gluten-Free Apple Pie Cookie Cups
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 79 min
Ingredients: 16 ounces Gluten-Free Cookie Mix; 1/2 C cashew butter (or other nut butter works too); 1 egg; 3 tbsp salted butter, softened; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 5 C diced apples of your choosing (about 4 medium apples); 2 tsp lemon juice; 3/4 C brown sugar; 1/4 C cornstarch; 3/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 tsp nutmeg; 1/8 tsp cloves; dash of salt; 1 1/2 C water or apple juice

Gluten-Free Apple Pie Cookie Cups

5 from 5 votes

Modified: Mar 9, 2026 · Published: Dec 5, 2019 by Chandice Probst · This post may contain affiliate links · 82 Comments

Gluten-Free Apple Pie

The homeyness of apple pie is something everyone should enjoy, even if you don't make it in a traditional pie crust. Our filling is easy to whip up and has all the warm flavors of stewed apples, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Any variety of apple will do to make our apple pie filling. Fuji, Granny Smith, pink lady, really any of them will work. It will more depend on how sweet you like your filling.

What are the best apples for apple pie?

Any variety of apple will do to make our apple pie filling. Traditionally, firm tart apples are what people use but any of them will work. It really depends on how sweet you like your filling.

Here are some of the most common apples used in apple pie filling...

Granny Smith

Golden Delicious

Jazz

Jona Gold

Pink Lady

How to make gluten-free apple pie cookie cups

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 12 cup silicone muffin pan

In a large bowl, mix egg, nut butter and butter

Add Gluten-Free Cookie Mix, cinnamon and nutmeg

Take 2 ½ T rounds of cookie dough at a time and place them in each muffin well

With greased hands, press up sides so that bottom and sides are the same thickness forming a cookie cup

Bake 7-9 minutes until edges are set

Meanwhile, make the apple pie filling by tossing the diced apples with lemon juice in a bowl and set aside

In a medium saute pan, make a slurry with the cornstarch, spices, brown sugar and water or apple juice

Bring to a boil whisking often

Add the apples and bring to a boil

Simmer until tender about 10-12 minutes

When cookie cups are done, remove them from oven and push down center of the cookie cup with your hands if it popped up a bit to create that cookie cup well again

Place them in the freezer for an hour then gently remove them by folding back the silicone pan around each and pushing up the bottom until they pop out

Place cookie cups on your serving platter and spoon 1-2 T of warm apple pie filling into each well

Serve with a sprinkling of course salt or fresh ground nutmeg Gluten-free apple pie cookie cups with filling

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5 from 5 votes

Gluten-Free Apple Pie Cookie Cups