Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.   Line baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat.
• Using an electric mixer, combine butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, and apple butter.  Cream until well combined.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice, ginger and cloves.  Whisk to combine.
• Gradually add flour mixture to wet mixture.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes to stiffen.
• Combine sugar and ½ t ground cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Roll chilled dough into 1.5-Tablespoon sized balls with your hands.  Roll in cinnamon sugar to coat thoroughly.
• Arrange balls on prepared baking trays.  They will spread, but not a lot.
• Bake 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges.  Cookies will deflate slightly and crackle during cooling, this is expected.
• Cool slightly on trays and then finish cooling on a cooling rack.