Award-winning Toffee Apple Pie Cookies

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These award-winning Apple Pie Cookies combine apple pie and toffee flavours with a fresh lemon glaze.

Ingredients

Cookies:
1 tsp cinnamon
¾ cup packed light brown sugar
¼ cup white granulated sugar
3 tbsp unsalted butter
1 med red apple, peeled, cored and finely diced about 1 cup
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/2 cup apple sauce
8 ounces cream cheese softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
1/3 cup whipped cream not whipping cream, it has to be whipped- you can use the spray can of ‘real whipped cream’
1 tbsp milk
1 egg
2/3 cup toffee bits
¾ cup finely chopped pecans
Fresh Lemon glaze:
2 cups powdered/icing sugar
4 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Garnish:
2 tbsp fresh lemon zest