Christine Southard
Noble, Oklahoma
Chocolate-Almond Butter Turtles
Love candy turtles with chocolate, caramel and nuts? Make an easy take with sugar cookies. It's not easy to eat just one!
Chocolate-Almond Butter Turtles
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 35 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 34
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 2/3 cup crunchy almond butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
- 24 caramels, unwrapped
- 34 milk or dark chocolate-covered almonds (3/4 cup)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Let cookie dough stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften.
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Step2In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Add almond butter and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon, or knead with hands until well blended. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 13 to 18 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
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Step4In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 45 to 60 seconds, stirring once, until chips can be stirred smooth. Spoon and spread 1 teaspoon chocolate on each cookie.
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Step5In another small microwavable bowl, microwave caramels and 1 1/2 teaspoons water uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring once, until caramels can be stirred smooth. Spoon about 1 teaspoon caramel in center of each cookie; top with almond. Store covered.
Nutrition
160
Calories
8g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
19g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 90mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 19g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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