Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Name: Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Yield: Makes about 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup (1 ounce/28 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), softened; 2/3 cup (4⅔ ounces/132 grams), sugar; 1 large, egg, separated, plus 1 egg white; 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup, finely chopped pecans; 14 , soft caramel candies; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
Holiday
Contest Recipes

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

These holiday cookies taste as great as they look, and draw inspiration from the popular candy.

SERVES Makes about 2 dozen cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 1 hour chilling and 20 minutes cooling

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