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Turtle Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
With chopped pecans on the outside, a caramel filling and chocolate all around, these Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are hard NOT to love!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Refridgerate
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 26 mins
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 166 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs (1 egg with egg and yolk separated + 1 additional egg white)
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup Chopped Pecans
Caramel Filling
- 14 Kraft caramels
- 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
Chocolate Drille
- 2 quares chocolate candy coating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix flour, cocoa and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar with mixer until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg yolk, milk, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- Add dry ingredients and mix well.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Mix 2 egg whites in a bowl until frothy. Place chopped pecans in another bowl.
- Roll chilled dough into 1 - 1½ inch balls, dip in egg whites and then roll into the pecans. Place on a greased baking sheet.
- Use ½ teaspoon spoon to make a cave in the center of each ball.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes. Let cool.
- Place caramels and cream in a small bowl and microwave until smooth, stopping and stirring occasionally.
- Fill indentations in cookie with caramel mixture.
- Melt candy coating by placing in a small pot on low heat and stirring constantly. Pour chocolate into a ziploc bag with the corner cut and drizzle over cookies. Let set.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
24g
Calories
166kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
27mg
(9%)
Sodium
80mg
(3%)
Potassium
60mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
171IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
19mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 166
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 24g | |
| Calories | 166kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 80mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 60mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 171IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.