Apple Cookies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

INGREDIENTS
COOKIES:

1 cup Butter (Sweet Cream Salted)
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 1/4 teaspoons Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup finely diced and peeled tart apples

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:

½ Cup Butter (Sweet Cream Salted)
8 oz. block of Cream Cheese
3 tsp. Vanilla
4 cups Powdered Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS

COOKIES
Peal and dice 1 cup of tart apples.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Mix in cinnamon, baking powder, baking sold and salt and mix well.
Add 1 1/2 cups of flour and mix until combined.
Add in 1 cup of apples and mix with a spoon.
Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of Flour and combine until the flour is completely incorporated into the cookie dough.
Bake the cookies in a 375 degree oven for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
Allow cookies to cool.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a mixer until blended.
Add powered sugar a cup at a time and continue to mix until sugar is incorporated.
Frost cookies.