Turtle Cookies
 
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1⅓ cup flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup thick caramel dip
  • ½ cup Pecans, chopped finely
  • ¼ cup semi sweet chocolate chips with ½ tsp butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Combine the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and stir until combined.
  3. Mix in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  4. Chop the pecans and place them in a shallow dish.
  5. Roll the dough into 24 even sized balls pressing them into the pecans as you go.
  6. Bake the cookies on the pan for 10 minutes.
  7. Let the cookies cool on the baking pan for a few minutes then press the middle in to create an indent.
  8. Place a small amount of caramel in each indent.
  9. Melt the chocolate chips with the butter - I use my microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
  10. Drizzle the chocolate over each cookie.
Notes
Litehouse Foods makes a great Caramel dip.
Recipe by Friday is Cake Night at https://www.fridaycakenight.com/2015/11/turtle-cookies/