Ghirardelli Turtle Cookies
| PREP TIME: 25 MIN | COOK TIME: 10 MIN | TOTAL TIME: 35 MIN |
This cookie is fancy but yet so simple. There is a crunch with the pecans and the chewyness of the cookie you will enjoy every bite.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Unsalted Brown Butter
- 1 1/4 Cups Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs (Room Temp)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 2 1/2 Cups of All Purpose Flour(Spoon & Leveled)
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans (to fold into cookies)
- 1/2 Cup Pecan Chips (to cover cookie dough)
- 18 Ghirardelli Caramel Squares
Instructions
Make sure your eggs are room temperature and this dough will come together beautifully!
- Begin by cutting butter into cubes. Next, In a heavy saucepan heat butter over Medium heat to begin the browning process. Stir constantly until the butter begins to turn into a golden brown color. It will be foamy and that is ok. Once the butter has reached that beautiful golden brown color remove from heat and place it on a heat safe bowl to cool.
- While your butter cools sift your dry ingredients.
- In a large bowl combine your brown butter and sugars and whisk until combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Add your sifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture and fold until just combined. Do not over mix.
- Add chocolate chips and chopped pecans and fold until combined. Do not over mix.
- Cookies need to be baked right away the dough does not store well.
- Drop the dough by 1/4 cup balls or use an ice cream scoop. Roll the cookie dough balls on the pecan chips to cover the full top and sides of the cookie. Bake 6 at a time in a large cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown on the bottom.
- When cookies are ready you can fix the shape with a large round cookie cutter or a big measuring cup.(Videos on my insta for reference)
- Allow the cookies to cool for about 5 minutes and place the Ghirardelli squares on top while they're still a tad warm so you can get the gooey chocolate carame effect.
- Once the cookies cool a bit more you take that first bite and enjoy!
TIPS
- This cookie dough cannot be made in advanced in needs to be baked right away it does not store well.
- Cookies will look a little undone once taken out they will finish baking in the baking sheet out of the oven. Allow them to cool completely to set.
- Baked cookies can be stored in the fridge in a tight container for 3-5 days and can be heated in the microwave for approximately 30 seconds depending on the heat of your microwave to enjoy later.
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