Turtle Thumbprints

Turtle Thumbprints

Makes 60

Ingredients

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 cups Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
2 eggs, separated
¼ cup milk
2 tsp. Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract
2 ½ cups flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 ½ cups chopped pecans
12 ¼ oz. jar caramel sauce
7 oz. pkg. Baker's Dipping Chocolate (Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate)
1 small zipper-closure freezer bag
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Directions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
  2. Add egg yolks, milk and vanilla; beat until thoroughly combined.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, cocoa and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until blended.
  4. Refrigerate dough until slightly firm (about 1 hr.).
  5. Preheat oven to 350°.
  6. In a small bowl, beat egg whites with a fork.
  7. Shape rounded tablespoons of dough into 1 ½" balls; dip balls into egg white, then roll in nuts.
  8. Place 1" apart on parchment-lined baking sheets; press thumb into center of each cookie to make an indentation.
  9. Bake in preheated oven until set (10-12 min.); quickly remake indentations with a rounded ½ tsp. measuring spoon, if necessary.
  10. Remove from oven; carefully transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
  11. Fill each cookie with ½ tsp. caramel topping.
  12. Place chocolate discs in freezer bag; microwave according to pkg. directions, squeezing bag every 15 sec. until completely melted.
  13. Using scissors, snip a small corner off the bag. Drizzle melted chocolate over cookies; let chocolate set.
  14. Store cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to several days.

Tasty Tip:

  • The plastic cork from a wine bottle will make perfect indentations in each cookie.