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Turtle Cookies

February 20, 2013

I know I say it often, but my daughter, Leigh, is an amazing girl. No new task is too much of a challenge for her, and she is becoming quite the cook and baker. She recently found this recipe for Turtle Cookies on Pinterest from the Pixelated Crumb, and she had to make them. I admit that I helped her a bit, but these came out incredible. She said, “These taste like a chocolate lava cake” while they were warm, and she was correct. The caramel makes this cookie even better. OMG! We both agreed (as well as my two boys) that these are some of the best cookies we have had in a long time. Thank you Leigh for this fantastic cookie recipe find!

Turtle Cookies

Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 12 minutes
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 large egg, separated, plus 1 egg white
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups pecans, chopped fine
14 soft caramel candies
3 tablespoons heavy cream
Preparation
1. Combine flour, cocoa, and salt in bowl. With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Add egg yolk, milk, and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture until just combined. Refrigerate dough until firm, 1 hour.

2. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk egg whites in bowl until frothy. Place pecans in another bowl. Roll dough into 1-inch balls, dip in egg whites, then roll in pecans. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using 1/2-teaspoon measure, make indentation in center of each ball. Bake on middle oven rack, about 10 to 12 minutes or until set.

3. Microwave caramels and cream in bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Once cookies are removed from oven, gently re-press existing indentations. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon caramel mixture. Cool 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.



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12 Responses to “Turtle Cookies”
Julie says:
February, 20 2013at 12:40 pm
OMG I could jump into the screen!
William says:
February, 20 2013at 12:21 pm
wow! These look amazing! Perfect for a spring party
Amy says:
February, 20 2013at 12:20 pm
you had me at "Turtle" GREAT LOOKING
February, 21 2013at 11:06 am
I am SOOO proud you have a baker! They're beautiful!
Angie says:
February, 21 2013at 11:35 am
I could eat a whole dozen of these!
February, 21 2013at 09:04 am
Perfection!
February, 21 2013at 07:40 am
I can almost taste them through the screen! With kids approval, they must be good! :D
February, 20 2013at 01:19 pm
Hooooooolmg.
February, 20 2013at 02:26 pm
Haven't had these in years. They look great!
February, 20 2013at 03:28 pm
They look delish and I've seen that same recipe on Pinterest! And it's in one of my Taste of Home cookbooks and I always want to make them. Gorgeous job on these...and the photography..beautiful!
February, 20 2013at 03:55 pm
Gorgeous cookies, pinned!
February, 20 2013at 04:04 pm
Wow, these turned out great. My daughter would love to make them too!

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