• Before making the dough, cut your apple into small chunks and set aside. You can also make the flax egg, so it has about 5 minutes to sit before adding it to the dough.

Make the cookie dough:

• Add the vegan butter, sugar, and brown sugar to a bowl. Cream together with an electric mixer until soft and fluffy (about 2 minutes)
• Next, add in the flax egg and vanilla and whip together for another 30 seconds.
• Then, add in the all-purpose flour, apple pie spice, baking powder, and salt. Make sure to add the flour first, and then add the other ingredients on top. Mix until a thick cookie dough forms.
• As a final step, add in the chopped apples and use a spatula to fold them into the cookie dough.

Chill the dough:

• Cover the bowl of cookie dough with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.

Bake the cookies:

• About 10 minutes before removing the dough from the fridge, preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Remove the dough from the fridge and use a cookie scoop to scoop out 10 evenly sized cookies.
• Place each cookie dough ball at least 2 -inches apart on the tray. If all of the cookies will not fit on one baking sheet, bake 5-6 cookies at a time on one tray rather than putting two trays in the oven at the same time.
• Add the tray of cookies to the oven and bake for 12-13 minutes, until the bottoms are lightly browned and the cookies are cooked through, but have slightly soft centers.
• Remove the tray of cookies from the oven and let them sit on the tray for about 5-10 minutes. For rounder cookies, use a round cookie cutter or a mug that is slightly larger than the cookie and swirl the cookies around inside to form them into a round cookie. This step will only work if you do it while the cookies are still warm.
• Move the cookies to a wire rack to continue cooling while you make the icing.

Make the maple icing:

• Add the powdered sugar, maple syrup, and soy milk to a small bowl and whisk together until a thick but smooth icing forms. Start with ½ Tablespoon of soy milk and add more if needed to thin the icing.
• Use a spoon to spread the icing over the warm (but not piping hot) cookies. Then, let the cookies rest for another 10 minutes until the icing sets and hardens.
• Serve the cookies warm or cold and enjoy!