Turtles® Cookies II

This is a tasty butter cookie, rolled in nuts, filled with caramel, and coated with chocolate. I won a local baking contest with these. Everyone loves them! You can fill the cookies with caramel apple dip instead of caramel ice cream topping. Works great!

• Calories: 429 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ½ cup caramel ice cream topping
• 1 cup chocolate coating wafers, melted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Stir in the vanilla, then the flour.

Step 3

Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, roll the balls in the egg whites, then roll them in the chopped pecans. Place the cookies 1 1/2 inches apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. Using your finger, make an indention in the center of each cookie.

Step 4

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottom of cookies are lightly browned.

Step 5

When the cookies come out of the oven fill the indentation with the caramel filling, and let cool. Pour about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of chocolate over each cookie to cover the caramel center. Let stand until chocolate is set.