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Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
Soft and chewy turtle thumbprint cookies with a melty chocolate and caramel pecan-topped center.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 30 servings
Calories: 81 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter + 2 tablespoons softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- about 30 Rolo candies unwrapped
- about 30 whole pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a baking sheet. In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar. Mix in cocoa powder and milk.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until incorporated.
- Roll dough into small balls (about 1 1/2-2 inches wide) and place on prepared baking sheet. Use your thumb to press down in the centers of the balls to make an indent.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes until cookies look dry and start to crack a bit around the top. (I prefer to under cook mine a little bit so they stay very soft and chewy) Gently press down the centers again. Immediately place a Rolo in the center of each cookie. Return pan to oven for about 1 minute. Remove from oven and immediately place a pecan on the top of each Rolo and press down firmly so the melty Rolo squishes out around the pecan.
- Serve immediately or allow to cool completely and store at room temperature in airtight container up to 3-4 days.
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Notes
- Store in airtight container at room temperature up to three days.
Nutrition Information
Calories
81kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
81mg
(3%)
Potassium
50mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
17IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 81
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 81kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 81mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 50mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 17IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.