Salted Caramel Cookies

Holiday cookies make great gifts and excellent treats to serve to your guests at any gathering. These Salted Caramel Cookies are both delicious and look amazing! Plus, if you have any little ones in the house, this is a great dessert to get them involved in baking. My daughter is able to follow all of the steps and is always amazingly proud of the result.

Looking for some other excellent cookies? Try my Orange Cranberry Shortbread Cookies or my Chocolate Crinkle Cookies!

Salted Caramel Cookies Recipe

Cookie Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt

Caramel Ingredients:
Half bag of Kraft caramels
1/2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp milk or cream
Sea salt for garnish
Chocolate frosting (optional)

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and set a baking sheet aside.

In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, combine the eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla. Beat them until smooth.

Add your flour, salt and cream of tartar and continue to mix until a soft dough forms.

Roll your dough into 2-inch balls and place them on the cookie sheet. Lightly press your thumb down in the middle of each ball to create a “well” (that will later hold your caramel).

Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

While your cookies are cooling, start on the caramel. Using a microwave safe dish, microwave the caramels and butter using intervals of 20 seconds. Between each 20 seconds, mix thoroughly.

Once melted, stir in the cream/milk and heat again for 20 seconds. Let it stand to cool for about 15 minutes.

Once cooled, spoon the caramel into a pastry bag. Tie it off at the back and snip a corner off the front. Pipe your caramel into the center of each cookie. Sprinkle the cookie with sea salt.

If you want to add a chocolate zig-zag (like mine have), put some chocolate frosting (straight from the baking shelf is just fine) into a pastry bag and pipe that on as well. Allow the cookies to set for about 20 minutes before serving. Yields about 24 cookies.

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Yield: 24 Cookies

Salted Caramel Cookies

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As a thumbprint cookies recipe goes, these salted caramel cookies are beyond amazing! With caramel in the middle and a chocolate drizzle, they're perfect for Christmas, New Year's Eve or any other occasion!

Prep Time 40 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/8 tsp salt

Caramel Ingredients:

• Half bag of Kraft caramels
• 1/2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp milk or cream
• Sea salt for garnish
• Chocolate frosting (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and set a baking sheet aside.
2. In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, combine the eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla. Beat them until smooth.
3. Add your flour, salt and cream of tartar and continue to mix until a soft dough forms.
4. Roll your dough into 2-inch balls and place them on the cookie sheet. Lightly press your thumb down in the middle of each ball to create a "well" (that will later hold your caramel).
5. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
6. While your cookies are cooling, start on the caramel. Using a microwave safe dish, microwave the caramels and butter using intervals of 20 seconds. Between each 20 seconds, mix thoroughly.
7. Once melted, stir in the cream/milk and heat again for 20 seconds. Let it stand to cool for about 15 minutes.
8. Once cooled, spoon the caramel into a pastry bag or ziploc. Tie it off at the back and snip a corner off the front. Pipe your caramel into the center of each cookie.
9. Sprinkle each cookie with sea salt.
10. If you want to add a chocolate zig-zag (like mine have), put some chocolate frosting (straight from the baking shelf is just fine) into a pastry bag and pipe that on as well.
11. Allow the cookies to set for about 20 minutes before serving.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 146Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 105mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 0gSugar: 11gProtein: 2g