Dessert

Turtle Thumbprint Cookies is for Dessert.

Turtle Thumbprint Cookies takes several minutes to prepare.

Turtle Thumbprint Cookies takes several minutes to cook.

Turtle Thumbprint Cookies makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are:

1 cup Butter, salted
.66 cup Granulated Sugar
.5 tsp Almond Extract (by CRANKYGIRL)
2 cup Flour, white
1 large Egg Yolk
4 tbsp Chocolate, Nestle Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
8 tbsp Caramel topping (Smucker's FF) (by RANDILYNETTE)
4 tbsp Chopped pecans (by MELISSACORN)

Here is how you make Turtle Thumbprint Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl cream together butter & sugar until smooth. Mix in almond extract, flour, egg yolk until dough comes together. Make 24 balls & chill for 30-60 minutes. Place them on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake for 14-18 minutes or until lightly browned in preheated oven. As soon as the come out of oven take the bake of a teaspoon & press in the middle to make a spot for caramel. Cool completely before filling. Once they have cooled, filled the hole with caramel sauce & top with pecans. Melt the chocolate chips in a small saucepan. Drizzle the melted chocolate over top each cookie. You could melt chips. Microwave 1 min at a time. Put into sandwich bag, cut tip & squeeze over top cookies. These freeze well. Serving Size: Makes 24 2-3? cookiesNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RJCLARKEE.

The nutritional information for Turtle Thumbprint Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 169.1

• Total Fat: 9.5 g
• Cholesterol: 28.3 mg
• Sodium: 73.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 20.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
• Protein: 1.4 g