Chocolate-Caramel Turtle Cookies

Name: Chocolate-Caramel Turtle Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 48 round milk chocolate-covered chewy caramels (from 13-oz bag), unwrapped; 1 egg; 355 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 591 milliliters pecan halves; 118 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters unsweetened baking cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 118 milliliters water

Chocolate-Caramel Turtle Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 48 servings with 114 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, baking cocoa, water, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 350°F). In medium bowl, soak pecans in water while making dough; drain well.

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In medium bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour and cocoa until dough forms.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cocoa Powder

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All Purpose Flour

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On ungreased cookie sheets, for each cookie, arrange 5 pecans to look like head and legs of a turtle. Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls.

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Place 1 ball on top of each group of 5 pecans, pressing lightly into pecans with palm of hand.

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Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately press 1 caramel gently onto top of each cookie; let stand 5 minutes to soften caramel. Use small spatula to flatten candy slightly.

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Caramel