Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Name: Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Yield: Makes about 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces; 142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup (1 ounce; 28 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), softened; 2/3 cup (4⅔ ounces; 132 grams), sugar; 1 large, egg, separated, plus 1 egg white; 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup, finely chopped pecans; 14 , soft caramel candies; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Holiday

Contest Recipes

These holiday cookies taste as great as they look, and draw inspiration from the popular candy.

SERVESMakes about 2 dozen cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 1 hour chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To prepare the dough for these Chocolate Turtle Cookies, we used the creaming method for a light, airy texture. We blended the sugar and butter (softened at room temperature) until the mixture was light and airy, which trapped air in the ba...

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