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salted caramel cookies
Erin Antoniak

Salted Caramel Cookie Recipe

4.91 from 10 votes
Grab your baking tools and get ready to create the ultimate sweet and salty treat with this Salted Caramel Cookie Recipe! Made with standard baking ingredients and completed with caramels and sea salt, you're in for a treat with this dessert. I recommend a double batch — everyone is going to want more than one!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 30 cookies
Course: christmas, cookies, holiday
Cuisine: American
Calories: 130
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup butter softened (1.5 sticks)
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 oz soft caramels
  • 1 tbsp milk/cream
  • flakey sea salt

Method
 

  1. In a large bowl, add softened butter and sugars. Beat using a hand mixer or stand mixer until creamy.
  2. Once creamy, beat in egg and vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet and mix until well combined, scraping down sides as needed.
  5. Let dough chill for 2 hours.
  6. Roll about 2 tbsp dough into balls and bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes or until just slightly golden around the edges. Let cool.
  7. While cookies are cooling, making caramel sauce by adding caramels and milk to microwave safe dish. Melt in 30 second increments, stirring in between until fully melted.
  8. Add caramel to each cooled cookie and sprinkle with sea salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 130kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 123mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 154IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 0.5mg

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