Caramel Apple Cider Cookies For Halloween

Ingredients

• Caramel Icing
• 3 tablespoons vegan/plant butter (may sub with coconut oil instead if you wish)
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter/other nut butter or sunflower seed butter
• 2 tablespoons oat milk (or other creamier plant milk like cashew or coconut)
• Apple Mixture
• 3 large Stemilt Fuji apples, peeled and diced
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• Pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup water
• Cookies
• 2 flax eggs (2 of flaxseed meal + 4 tablespoons water)
• ½ cup plant butter
• 1 cup sugar (may substitute with coconut sugar, but cookies will be darker in color)
• 1/4 cup peanut butter (or other nut/seed butter)
• 1/2 cup apple mixture
• 2 cups gluten-free 1:1 baking flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda