Cookie Recipes

Caramel Turtle Cookies

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Yield: 32 cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • Water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 to 3 cups pecan halves
  • 8 vanilla caramels, each cut into fourths

Chocolate Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • Water
  • 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Cookies

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. With mixer, beat brown sugar, butter, 2 tablespoons water and vanilla extract until fluffy. Stir in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons water, as necessary.)
  3. Each Cookie: On ungreased cookie sheet, arrange 3 to 5 pecan halves to resemble head and feet of a turtle. Using a teaspoonful of dough, shape dough around a piece of caramel; press firmly onto center of arrange pecan halves.
  4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until dough is set but not brown.
  5. Carefully transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

Chocolate Glaze

  1. Beat powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon water, melted chocolate and vanilla until smooth. If necessary stir in more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is of desire consistency.
  2. Dip tops of cooled cookies into glaze.

Attribution

Posted by kdipaolo at Recipe Goldmine May 15, 2001.



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