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Yields:
12
Prep Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs
It’s really hard to beat the combo of chocolate and caramel, so naturally I stuffed a chocolate cookie with a soft caramel to replicate one of my favorite candies: chocolate turtles. With pecans in the dough, you get the classic combo of a turtle candy. The crunchy pecans give such a nice texture to the soft cookie and chewy caramel that you’ll never want to return to a basic chocolate cookie again.
As far as stuffed cookies go, these are pretty simple and straightforward. A quick chill time makes the dough easy to work with and roll around the caramel. The dough can be chilled for longer, but if it gets too hard to scoop, let it sit out for just a few minutes. You can also roll the dough with the caramel and freeze until you are ready to bake them off for a freshly baked cookie whenever you need one.
Did you try making these? Let us know how it went in the comments!
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Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups
(150 g.) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup
(60 g.) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp.
baking soda
- 3/4 tsp.
kosher salt
- 3/4 cup
(1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup
(150 g.) packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup
(100 g.) granulated sugar
- 1
large egg
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup
finely chopped raw pecans
- 12
soft caramels
Directions
- Step 1In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, using a handheld mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Add dry ingredients and beat on medium-low speed until just a few dry streaks remain. Add pecans and fold with a spatula until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4.
- Step 2Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°. Using a large cookie scoop (about 1/4 c.), scoop dough into rounds for a total of 12. Press your finger into center of dough to create a hole. Place a caramel in the center. Pinch dough back over caramel and roll into a ball. Arrange between 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 3" apart.
- Step 3Bake cookies, rotating sheets top to bottom halfway through, until puffed and edges are set, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on baking sheets.
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