Dulce de Leche Cookies

Name: Dulce de Leche Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters caramel apple dip (from 16-oz container); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters flaked coconut; 3 Tbsps dark rum or 1/2 teaspoon rum extract plus 2 1/2 tablespoons water; 2 egg yolks; 591 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Dulce de Leche Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 89 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe serves 40. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up rum, baking powder, vanilla, 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 roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F.

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Spread coconut in ungreased shallow pan.

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Coconut

Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake uncovered 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Turn off oven. In food processor bowl with metal blade, place cooled coconut. Cover; process until ground. Set aside.

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Coconut

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Food Processor

Oven

Bowl

Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add egg yolks, rum and vanilla. On high speed, beat about 1 minute or until blended.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Rum

In medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. On ungreased nonstick (not insulated) cookie sheets, place balls about 2 inches apart. Dip bottom of small glass into 1/4 cup sugar; press on cookies to make about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

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Dough

Sugar

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Bake 10 to 11 minutes or just until edges begin to brown.

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Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 teaspoon of the caramel apple dip on bottom of 1 cookie, spreading to edge of cookie. Top with second cookie. Gently squeeze until filling oozes out a little around the side.

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Caramel