Salted Turtle Cookies
Oh hi, Friday. Fridays are sort of for cookies. Well, any day is for cookies. But Fridays are for new cookie recipes that will knock your socks off. It’s sweet and salty, soft and chewy and you’re going to love it. I’m sure.
The wonderful Krissy of Krissy’s Creations kindly asked me if I would guest post for her. I agreed because: a. Krissy’s blog is so classy, I was hooked immediately on her gorgeous creations; and b. I’ll take any excuse to develop a new cookie recipe for new friends.
Sea salt. Caramel. Pecans. Chocolate.
In a cookie.
with sweet caramel drizzle.
Don’t wait one minute to make these. See the post at Krissy’s blog.
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Salted Turtle Cookies
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Salted Turtle Cookies recipe: pecans, chocolate, caramel all rapped up in cookie form with a caramel drizzle.
Ingredients:
for the cookies
3/4 cup (1 1/2 stick) butter
2 cups + 2 Tbs. flour (10 5/8 ounces)*
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar (7 ounces)*
1/2 cup sugar (3 1/2 ounces)*
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. almond extract*
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup caramel bits
1/2 cup chopped pecansfor the topping
1/3 cup caramel sauceDirections:
In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Set aside and allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
In a medium bowl, measure flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk until combined. Set aside
Add both sugars to the butter and mix by hand. If you prefer, you can use a mixer. Add the egg and egg yolk and mix to combine. Stir in the almond extract. Slowly stir in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
Add the chocolate chips, caramel bits and chopped pecans and mix thoroughly. If the batter is tough, use your hands to get everything combined.
Scoop dough onto a lined baking sheet; I used a 1 1/4 ice cream scoop for my cookies. Chill the dough for 15 minutes.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Be cautious not to over-bake.
Transfer to a wire rack and dust lightly with sea salt. Let the cookies cool completely. Once cooled, drizzle with additional caramel sauce and chopped pecans, if desired.
Cassie’s notes
If you prefer more chocolate, feel free to add more chocolate chips, or add chocolate drizzle in addition to, or instead of the caramel drizzle.
To ensure accuracy in these cookies, I highly recommend measuring the flour and sugars by weight. I’ve tried it both ways and the texture is much better when the ingredients are measured by weight.
If you are out of almond, or don’t care for the flavor, feel free to substitute vanilla. I liked the way the almond and pecans complimented each other in these.
Agreed. Friday’s are totally for cookies. Heading over now for the AMAZING cookie recipe! 😀
Ooooooh, loving these!
How could I resist these? I won’t even try.
oh my goodness – they look so amazing!
yumm!
oh my gosh, these looks to die for. i love chocolate turtles.. something about the combination of chocolate, pecans, and caramel is to-die-for! i’ve been meaning to make a chocolate turtle blondie sometime soon, but these cookies might come first!!
These look amazing! I can never get enough cookies.
Just left a comment there…they look amazing. I love caramel! Just posted about it…today!
Cassie replied: — February 17th, 2012 @ 10:42 am
funny, we are always on the same wavelength!
Looooove these!
There are PERFECTO!
Cassie, these cookies look out of this world! Wonderful flavors and really pretty photos. Thanks for sharing!
Sweet! These are over the top. I can smell them baking now! I’ll be saving this one for future use.
Love these! Salty and sweet is on my top fav list and turtle is actually one of my fav ways to have things..you know the turtle chex mix?? omg to die for! I wish we were neighbors so I can come sneak some in my tummy 🙂
WOW. O M G doesn’t even begin to cover it..
These look fantastic! Look forward to heading over to check out the recipe now! 🙂
I neglect the turtle-realm too often because I cannot recall the last time I had anything turtley. These look so good!
I love a turtle anything! What I think it fabulous is the hint of salt… love the salty-sweet sensation. YUM! Have a great weekend! ~ Ramona
YUM! They look amazing and I’m headed over to check out the recipe!
Thank you SOOO much for Guest Posting! Your are the best 🙂
I love caramel and these cookies look amazing! I’m definitely heading over for the recipe. 🙂
What a great sweet and salty combination!
Genial idea! Me ha encantado!
All my favorites rolled into one sweet little bite!
Love turtle anything!!!! Cassie, these look deadly. Deadly delicious
Oh. my. God, these look fantastic!
I am a huge sucker for caramel and that final drizzle puts these absolutely over the top 🙂 Awesome guest post feature!
When I saw these up on TK today I just about died a happy death. I want to dive into a vat of that caramel and have one of these cookies thrown at me to be used as a life preserver!! Gorgeous Cassie, gorgeous.
Ohhhh wowzah!
These cookies look amazing! I might need to make them now… even though it’s almost 1am haha. Yummmm! The caramel drizzle just takes these over the top. Gorgeous, Cassie!
I could not remember if I left a comment or not. But OMG you know I love me anything turtle related. I am so trying these. Yummo!
Whoa. Girl. Uh maz ing!