Pecan Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
If you like pecans, caramel, and chocolate, and also if you like bite-size cookies, your answer is these Pecan Caramel Thumbprint Cookies. These cookies are very delicious, and also very pretty to put in your Christmas cookie box.
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-purpose flour, Spooned and leveled
- ¼ cup+2 tsp Cocoa powder, Sifted
- ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Butter, Softened
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Pecans, Toasted, crushed, and divided
For The Filling
- ¾ cup Caramel sauce
- ¼ cup Milk chocolate, Melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F, and line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Sift all dry ingredients and set them aside.1 cup All-purpose flour, ¼ cup+2 teaspoon Cocoa powder, ¼ teaspoon Baking powder, ¼ teaspoon Salt
- Using a hand mixer, mix the soft butter and sugar until creamy and soft.½ cup Butter, ½ cup Granulated sugar
- Add in the egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix well.1 Egg yolk, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Using a spatula fold in the dry ingredients and mix.
- Fold in ¾ cup of the crushed pecans into the cookie dough, and save the rest for rolling.1 cup Pecans
- make small balls out of the cookie dough and roll each ball into the remaining crushed pecans. Use the back of a round teaspoon and make a dent in the center of each cookie. Place them on the baking sheet and leave an inch between them.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the sides look set. While the cookies are still hor go into their center with the same teaspoon and make the dent deeper.
- Let them cool down completely then fill each dent with a teaspoon of caramel sauce.¾ cup Caramel sauce
- Let the caramel set and harden a bit. Melt the chocolate and pour it into the piping bag. Make a small hole at the end of the piping bag and drizzle the chocolate over the cookies and let the chocolate set.¼ cup Milk chocolate
Nutrition
Calories: 123kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 73mgPotassium: 35mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 161IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.5mg
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