Chocolate Caramel Turtle Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE WAFFLE TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat waffle iron.
• In a large bowl stir together melted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, 1/2 cup cocoa powder and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Add flour; stir just until combined.
• Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of batter into center of each waffle grid.
• Cook on medium-high heat about 2 minutes, adjusting heat as necessary.
• Using a fork transfer cookies to rack; cool.
• Repeat with remaining batter.
• When cool, mound cookies on a platter.
• For glaze: In a small saucepan heat 1/4 cup butter and water over low heat until melted.
• Add the 3 tablespoons cocoa and stir until smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat in powdered sugar and the 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Stir in additional hot water, if needed, to reach drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle over cookies along with caramel topping.
• Sprinkle with pecans.

CARAMEL PECAN TURTLE CHOCOLATE CANDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease a large cookie sheet well.
• Arrange 4 pecan halves in a cluster, flat side down on cookie sheet.
• Repeat with the rest of the pecan halves.
• Place one caramel on top of each cluster.
• Heat in oven until caramels are softened, about 4-6 minutes.
• Press caramels flat with the bottom of a buttered spatula (you may have to butter the spatula after every 2 or 3 caramels, or it will get very sticky).
• Remove caramels evenly onto waxed paper.
• Melt chocolate in double boiler, or in microwave on medium high, stirring every 25 seconds until just melted.
• Spoon over caramel-pecan clusters.
• Let cool a few hours.
• Makes 26.

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 350°F). In medium bowl, soak pecans in water while making dough; drain well.
• In medium bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour and cocoa until dough forms.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, for each cookie, arrange 5 pecans to look like head and legs of a turtle. Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls. Place 1 ball on top of each group of 5 pecans, pressing lightly into pecans with palm of hand.
• Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately press 1 caramel gently onto top of each cookie; let stand 5 minutes to soften caramel. Use small spatula to flatten candy slightly. Remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks.