Salted Caramel Turtle Cookies

These Salted Caramel Turtle Cookies are absolutely amazing - a delicious combination of caramel, chocolate and pecans make the best cookies you've ever had!

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Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 10

Additional Time: 1

Total Time: 1 40

Author: Heather Painchaud

Servings: 2 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup butter softened
⅓ cup white sugar
⅓ cup brown sugar
1 large egg separated
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp milk
1 ¼ cup finely chopped pecans
15 Kraft caramels
2 ½ Tbsp heavy cream
2 Tbsp coarse sea salt
3 oz milk chocolate chips

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Instructions

Mix together first three ingredients. Set aside.
Combine butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and milk.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well.
Form dough into a ball and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Shape dough into 1" balls, dredge balls in egg white, roll in chopped pecans and place on baking sheet covered in parchment paper.
Use thumb to create an indentation in the centre of each cookie.
Bake in oven for 10 minutes. Do not over bake, cookies will seem soft still.
Re-press indentations if needed and allow cookies to cool on a wire rack.
Add caramels and heavy cream to microwave safe bowl.
Heat in microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring until caramel softens and cream is incorporated.
Use a teaspoon to fill indentations with caramel.
Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
Melt chocolate in microwave and drizzle over cookies.

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