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A plate of caramel pecan turtle cookies.

Turtle Cookies

Maureen Reynolds
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 3 dozen

Equipment

  • electric mixer
  • cookie sheets

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 1 ¼ cups lightly packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup roughly chopped pecans + whole pecans for topping
  • 1 cup chopped Kraft caramels

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add egg, milk and vanilla and beat until fully blended.
  • Sift together flour, baking soda and salt and gradually add to creamed mixture on low speed until just blended.
  • On low speed blend in chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
  • With mixer running on low/med speed add chopped caramels a few bits at a time to prevent them all sticking in a clump.
  • Line cookie sheets with parchment and drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment leaving room between for spreading.
  • Top each with a hole pecan.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not over bake.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Makes approximately 36 cookies.
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