Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Name: Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 12-24 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

Submitted by Roxanne J.R.

"Found this one ClosetCooking.com. They look amazingly delicious."

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photo by Wendy D.

Ready In:: 22mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 12-24 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.
Beat 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 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.

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Reviews

One of my favorite recipes from this site and much requested by friends. I posted a picture of the ones I baked on my Silpat. They turned out very well and tasted as good as they looked.

Wendy D.
These are a favourite Christmas treat at our home.<br/>I use 15 soft caramel candies (Werther's) and 3 tbsp heavy cream melted and mixed together to make the caramel filling.

Belloo

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Roxanne J.R.

I'm 23 years old and I live in Trinidad. One of the islands in the Caribbean. I love baking and have a major sweet tooth but I am trying to cook more savoury foods and I am enjoying trying new recipes. Recently I have come to love photographing the food I make. Too bad they don't all come out photo worthy, but at least they still taste good! lol <img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/BANNERS/SuperBowlSTKR.jpg> <img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/BANNERS/TeaSuppers-STKR.jpg">

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