Post by Loupy on Nov 25, 2018 18:45:17 GMT -7
Chocolate Turtle Cookies
From: Kevin Lynch @ www.closetcooking.com/chocolate-turtle-cookies/
The holiday baking season is upon us and since you can never have too many holiday cookie recipes. So, I am sharing this one with you to get you started.
The recipe is pretty easy to follow with the only thing out of the ordinary being some chilling time in the fridge for the dough before baking. I always seem to have this problem when making cookies where the recipe says that it will make 24 cookies and I only end up with about 12 cookies. I guess I just like my cookies large. Most of the recipes that I found called for melting the soft caramel candies for the caramel filling but since I had just made some dulce de leche I went with that instead. The chocolate turtle cookies turned out really well! The cookie was a nice and light and cakey and it went really well with the pecans and dulce de leche. I will definitely be making these for years to come!
Makes: 12 cookies
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (softened)
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans (finely chopped)
2 egg whites
24 teaspoons dulce de leche (or caramel)
24 pecan halves
Directions:
Mix the flour, cocoa and salt in a bowl.
Beet the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla.
Mix in the flour mixture.
Cover and refrigerate for an hour.
Whisk the egg whites until frothy.
Form the dough into 1 inch balls.
Dip the balls in the egg white and then in the pecans.
Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet with the pecans face up.
Indent the center of the balls with a teaspoon.
Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until set, about 10-12 minutes rotating the baking pan in the middle.
Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of dulce de leche and top with a pecan.
From: Kevin Lynch @ www.closetcooking.com/chocolate-turtle-cookies/
The holiday baking season is upon us and since you can never have too many holiday cookie recipes. So, I am sharing this one with you to get you started.
The recipe is pretty easy to follow with the only thing out of the ordinary being some chilling time in the fridge for the dough before baking. I always seem to have this problem when making cookies where the recipe says that it will make 24 cookies and I only end up with about 12 cookies. I guess I just like my cookies large. Most of the recipes that I found called for melting the soft caramel candies for the caramel filling but since I had just made some dulce de leche I went with that instead. The chocolate turtle cookies turned out really well! The cookie was a nice and light and cakey and it went really well with the pecans and dulce de leche. I will definitely be making these for years to come!
Makes: 12 cookies
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (softened)
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans (finely chopped)
2 egg whites
24 teaspoons dulce de leche (or caramel)
24 pecan halves
Directions:
Mix the flour, cocoa and salt in a bowl.
Beet the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla.
Mix in the flour mixture.
Cover and refrigerate for an hour.
Whisk the egg whites until frothy.
Form the dough into 1 inch balls.
Dip the balls in the egg white and then in the pecans.
Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet with the pecans face up.
Indent the center of the balls with a teaspoon.
Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until set, about 10-12 minutes rotating the baking pan in the middle.
Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of dulce de leche and top with a pecan.