Recipe

Turtle Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Krumkake / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago You can use whatever favorite non-rolled sugar cookie recipe you like, and these go together in no time. They look so nice on a cookie tray, and no one can resist caramel and nuts and chocolate! How many cookies you get depends on how large or small you want to make them.... More Prep:20m Cook:40m Servings:48	Krumkake
	turtle topping on a sugar cookie

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kukla

michellem

debwin

shepherdre

henrie

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Turtle Topping

30 caramels

2 tablespoons cream or whole milk

12 ounce bag milk chocolate chips, melted

whole pecans (4 per cookie)

Directions

Mix together oil, butter, both sugars and eggs; beat well.

Add flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and vanilla.

Cover bowl and chill dough 2 hours or more.

Roll dough into balls about 1½ inches around.

Place balls on cookie sheet, a couple inches apart, and press flat with the bottom of a glass.

Bake at 350 until light brown, about 8 minutes or so.

Remove cookies from pan and cool completely on waxed paper.

For the topping, melt caramels with milk.

Melt chocolate chips in another dish.

Have the whole pecans ready in a bowl.

When cookies are cooled, swirl the melted caramel mixture onto the center of the cookie and not quite out to the edges.

Place a dollop of melted chocolate in the center of the caramel swirl area.

Place 4 whole pecans around the swirled caramel area, to look like the feet.

Allow turtles to set several hours to dry out some before storing them in an airtight container with waxed paper between layers.

NOTE: the "trick" to making these look right, is to make your cookies large enough (or your pecans small enough!) so that the pecans don't "hang over" the outer edge of the cookies - the pecan should meet the edge as close as possible, while the other end of the pecan just barely touchs the outer edge of the chocolate swirl in the center of the caramel.

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Comments

zena824 2 years, 2 months ago said:
OMG Krum......what are you trying to do to me right off the bat here... you just got home and your pulling this recipe out of the hat....They sound scrumptous.....Cant wait to try them...

henrie 2 years, 2 months ago said:
OMG these sound sooooooooooooo good, I'm making them for the holidays if not sooner. Thank you so much for this post.

crocwoman 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I'm adding this to my holiday baking list. Sounds very good and quite easy to prepare. Thanks for the post

crystalwaters 2 years, 2 months ago said:
LOL my Mom collects turtles (figurines etc) so I'll have to make these for her this holiday season! Great post, thanx! :-)

notyourmomma 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Oh my oh my, these sound just wicked. I love turtles. I love cookies, these could be lethal! YUM.

organicmama 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Oh no you didn't.
You didn't say the recipes you were adding were going to make me fat.

kukla 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Krum, yer hurtin' me again! Don't you know the rules??? If it makes you fat it's GOTTA be hard to make with a list of ingredients longer than both my arms, from at least 4 countires! THAT'S how we STAY on our diets... I'm with NYMomma, these are lethal!

michellem 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Oh good here is the one I have been waiting for my entire life=0)lol...My husband will adore u for sharing this recipe. He loves anything that says turtle in the recipe! Thanks Krum..Im thinking I will make these on Sunday!Michelle

saavedra 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Yum, printing this off and making these when my kids are home for the holidays...sure to please. Thanks.
>^,,^

cakelady 2 years, 1 month ago said:
These look wonderful! I've been looking for a new cookie to make the neighbors jealous! I think this might be the one!

shepherdrescue 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Yum, yum, YUMMY!!!

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