Twix Cookies
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Twix Cookies
Description
This recipe starts by creaming softened unsalted butter with sugar and then incorporating eggs and vanilla extract to form a rich dough. All-purpose flour is mixed with baking powder and salt before folding into the wet ingredients. The dough is chilled to firm up, then rolled out and cut into uniform 3-inch circles that bake to a pale golden finish, holding their shape well.
After cooling, the cookies are topped with a spoonful of caramel sauce made by melting unwrapped caramels with whole milk for a creamy texture. Melted milk chocolate chips are added as a final layer atop the caramel. The chocolate is allowed to harden, creating a firm but slightly glossy finish over the sticky caramel.
The interplay of a soft, buttery cookie base with the sticky, sweet caramel and smooth chocolate coating provides a texture and flavor profile reminiscent of the Twix candy bar. These cookies make a rich dessert with distinctive layers that combine sweetness and a tender crumb.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter softened, unsalted
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 ounces caramels , unwrapped
- 2 tablespoons milk whole
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth then add in the eggs and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and cut into 3" circles with a cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake 8-10 minutes in preheated oven then cool completely.
- Microwave caramels and milk in the microwave for 30 seconds and mix until smooth.
- Add one teaspoon of caramel sauce to each cookie.
- Microwave milk chocolate chips in 30 second increments until chocolate is melted.
- Add a teaspoon of melted milk chocolate to each cookie.
- Let chocolate harden before serving.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 32Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 321 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 321kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 86mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 94mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 327IU | 7% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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