Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
Make rich chocolate turtle thumbprint cookies with pecans and a caramel center. The chilled dough bakes into tender, crisp-edged holiday cookies in 33 minutes of active recipe time.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter 16 tablespoons, at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large egg yolks save egg whites for topping
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or emulsion
- 1 2/3 cup chopped pecans
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 jar caramel sauce see notes for recipe
Instructions
Instructions
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed for about 3 minutes, then beat in the egg yolks one at a time followed by vanilla and almond extract.
- Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients a little at a time, alternating with milk and finishing with the flour mixture.
- Refrigerate the tightly wrapped dough for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, coat each with egg white, and roll in chopped pecans.
- Indent each ball with the underside of a teaspoon and bake for 13 minutes.
- Cool the cookies, then spoon caramel sauce into each center.