Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies

The classic flavors of turtle candy ... chocolate, pecans, together with caramel ... inwards soft together with insanely delicious  Turtle Cookies.

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There.  Are.  No.  Words.

Nope.

Absolutely no words to clitoris how insanely delicious these cookies are.

The classic flavors of turtle candy ... chocolate, pecans, together with caramel ... inwards a soft together with insanely delicious cookie.

These are, honestly, THE best cookies I've always had.  Of course, when a recipe comes from America's Test KitchenInsanely Delicious Turtle Cookies icon  Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies, I await no less.


Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 soft, chocolate-y, pecan-coated cookie filled alongside smooth-&-creamy caramel.  Oh, together with drizzled alongside chocolate drizzle if yous hence desire.  I hence desired, hence I added a behave upon of chocolate drizzle to the master copy recipe.

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The chocolate drizzle on these cookies adds a but a piddling extra behave upon that looks hence pretty on overstep of the ooey-gooey caramel.  And it takes pretty much non fourth dimension at all to add together that piddling chocolate drizzle.

You tin for sure larn out it off if you'd like, together with larn alongside but the "plain" caramel.  To me, though, the cookies expression to a greater extent than "finished" alongside the chocolate drizzle.

Taste-wise?  There's no noticeable divergence inwards gustation alongside or without the chocolate drizzle.  So if yous practice determine to larn without it, residue assured all the insanely delicious turtle cookies' flavour is nevertheless there.

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While they practice involve several steps, these insanely delicious beauties are really pretty slowly to make.

Each pace is non hard, but the cookies volition accept a fleck of fourth dimension to fully position together.

While they practice involve several steps, these insanely delicious beauties are really pretty slowly to make.

The base of operations is a pretty measure chocolate cookie dough.  The chocolate cookie itself is strongly chocolate-flavored together with non overly sweet, which really nicely compliments the pecans together with sweetness of the caramel filling.

Whip upward the dough, chill it for nearly an hour, together with hence scroll scoops of the dough into balls.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 cookie scoop helps alongside keeping the size of the cookies consistent.

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Dip each dough ball inwards egg whites, ...

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... together with scroll inwards chopped pecans, ...

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... squish an indentation inwards the middle, together with hence bake.

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{Side note:  I larn asked all the fourth dimension nearly this pretty piddling mensuration spoon inwards the photo.  It's from a Crosby & Taylor pewter mensuration spoon set in their bamboo pattern.}

Melt about caramel candies together with cream together, ...

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... and, later the cookies are baked, position a dollop of caramel inwards each cookie's indentation.

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Total yum.

Now, yous could terminate there.  But I didn't.  I decided a piddling chocolate drizzle was the means to go.

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Melt about semi-sweet chocolate alongside a tiny fleck of shortening.  I but position these inwards a zip-top baggie together with house the baggie inwards a bowl of warm H2O until melty.

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Then gently massage the baggie until the chocolate is melted together with laid upward for drizzling.

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Snip a really tiny hole inwards the corner of the zip-top baggie together with drizzle away.

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Mmmmmmm.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piddling chocolate drizzle makes everything better. 

These beautiful piddling cookies are such a tasty turtle treat.  I but dearest the flavour combination of the chocolate cookie, crunchy pecans, together with creamy caramel center.

Make these.  Seriously.  It's truly insane how delicious they are.

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Turtle Cookies
Source:  Adapted from America's Test Kitchen
(Printable recipe)
Ingredients
Cookies:
  • 1 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 c. cocoa pulverization
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 8 T. (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 2/3 c. granulated carbohydrate
  • 1 large egg, separated
  • 1 additional egg white
  • 2 T. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 c. pecans, finely chopped
Caramel Filling:
Chocolate Drizzle (optional):
Directions
  1. Prepare the Cookies: Combine flour, cocoa, together with salt; laid aside.
  2. With a stand mixer or electric mixer on medium-high speed, compaction butter together with carbohydrate until lite together with fluffy, nearly 2 minutes. Add egg yolk, milk, together with vanilla; mix until incorporated. Reduce speed to depression together with add together flour mixture until but combined.
  3. Wrap dough inwards plastic wrap together with refrigerate until firm, 1 hour.
  4. Whisk the 2 egg whites inwards a bowl until frothy. Place chopped pecans inwards about other bowl. Roll chilled dough into 1-inch balls (a cookie scoop helps alongside this), dip each dough ball inwards egg whites, together with hence scroll inwards pecans. Place balls nearly 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Using a 1/2 teaspoon mensuration spoon, brand an indentation inwards the middle of each dough ball.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees until set, nearly 12 minutes.
  6. Prepare the Caramel Filling: Microwave caramels together with cream together inwards a modest bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, nearly 1 to 2 minutes.
  7. Once cookies are removed from the oven, gently re-press the indentations. Fill each indentation alongside nearly 1/2 teaspoon of the caramel mixture. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes, hence transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. Prepare the Chocolate Drizzle (optional): Place chocolate together with shortening inwards a modest zip-top plastic bag. Set pocketbook inwards a bowl of warm H2O to soften. Gently knead the chocolate alongside your fingers until melted together with smooth, placing dorsum inwards the warm H2O for a infinitesimal or 2 every bit needed.
  9. Snip a really modest hole inwards the corner of the plastic bag. Drizzle chocolate over the cooled Turtle Cookies.
Makes nearly thirty cookies.

Enjoy!







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