Mexican Turtle Cookies
These chocolate, caramel, and pecan turtle cookies are given a delicious Mexican twist!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter , room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons quality pure Mexican vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoons quality pure chocolate extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quality cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground Mexican ceylon (or substitute regular cinnamon)
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup chopped caramels
- Extra chopped pecans caramels and pecans for topping the unbaked cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.Cream the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and beat until combined. Add the vanilla and chocolate extracts and beat to combine.In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon and cayenne. Beat the dry mixture into the wet mixture in three parts, beating after each addition just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, toasted pecans and caramels.Place rounded spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a lined cookie sheet. Place a pecan, caramel and a couple of chocolate chips on each mound. Bake for 8-10 minutes.Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 118mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 229IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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