Caramel Pecan Cookies Recipe

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You’re sure to impress guests with these show-stopping treats. A golden sugar cookie is the base for an artful arrangement of creamy caramel, sweet milk chocolate and crunchy pecan halves.

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Caramel Pecan Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min. + standing
  • Yield: 16 Servings
15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 24 caramels
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • 64 pecan halves
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions

  • Cut cookie dough into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
  • In a microwave, melt caramels and cream. Stir until smooth. Spoon onto the center of each cookie; arrange four pecan halves around caramel.
  • In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Spoon over caramel. Let stand until set. Yield: 16 cookies.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 224 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 113 mg sodium, 28 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Caramel Pecan Cookies in Quick Cooking November/December 2005, p19

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Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2009 by msylvia923

These cookies are easy to make and have been a key part of my Christmas cookie tray each year. They always get rave reviews.

 
 
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