Turtle Chocolate Chip Cookies Food

TURTLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter, egg and flour with spoon until soft dough forms. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven; press chocolate in center of each cookie. Return to oven 1 minute. Remove from oven; immediately place 1 pecan half on top of chocolate. Press down slightly. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool 30 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, heat caramels and whipping cream uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring once, until caramels are melted. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with sea salt. Let stand about 2 hours or until set.

CHOCOLATE CHIP TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat to cool.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl, beat together melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy (1 to 2 minutes).
• Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed and gradually beat in flour.
• Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350°F
• Roll dough into balls and place on greased cookie sheets. Flatten each ball using the palms of your hands.
• Bake 8 minutes or until set and light golden. Cool on wire racks. Melt caramel in the microwave and drizzle over cooled cookies.

TURTLE COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place in greased mini-muffin cups. Press evenly onto bottoms and up the sides of cups. Bake 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown. With the back of measuring teaspoon, make an indentation in each cup. Immediately sprinkle with 3/4 cup chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt caramel bits with cream; stir until smooth. Spoon into cups. Top each with a pecan half. In a microwave, melt remaining chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Drizzle over pecans.

TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Cream butter and brown sugar; add egg yolk.
• Blend in vanilla and mix well.
• Gradually add dry ingredients and blend.
• Arrange pecans in groups of 3 on greased cookie sheet (1 for the head and 2 for the flippers).
• Mold dough into balls and dip bottoms in unbeaten egg white.
• Place on the pecans as the turtle body.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool.
• Frost with chocolate frosting (your favorite recipe or canned).