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Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

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Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

These cookies are a beloved Christmas treat. Featuring sticky caramel and pecans both inside and out, they are so adorable that I almost didn't want to eat them. However, once you take a bite, be warned - they are incredibly addictive and impossible to resist.

 

Yield

16 servings

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Ready

35 min
Trans-fat Free, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 cup butter, unsalted
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¾ cup brown sugar
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cup pecans
finely chopped, almost ground
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon baking powder
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14 ounces caramels (candy squares)
unwrapped
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¼ cup water
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1 cup pecans
finely chopped
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
237 ml butter, unsalted
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177 ml brown sugar
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79 ml pecans
finely chopped, almost ground
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15 ml vanilla extract
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591 ml all-purpose flour
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2.5 ml baking powder
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404.6 ml/g caramels (candy squares)
unwrapped
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59 ml water
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237 ml pecans
finely chopped
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Directions

Preheat your oven to 350℉ (180℃).

Melt the butter in a 2-quart (2 liter) saucepan and remove it from the heat.

Stir in brown sugar, vanilla, and finely chopped pecans.

Add flour and baking powder and mix well.

Shape rounded teaspoons of dough into rounds with slightly peaked tops and place them on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, then remove them to a rack to cool.

Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

Melt the caramels with water in a double boiler and remove them from the heat.

Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

Dip the bottom flat ends of the cookies into the caramel and then into the chopped pecans. Place them on waxed paper until the caramel is thoroughly set.

Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies
Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

This recipe makes about three dozen cookies.

Caramel Nut Acorn Cookies

To make it easier, place the nuts for dipping into a disposable aluminum pie tin and discard it after use to make clean-up simpler.



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Comments


sean

After making this divine cookie for Christmas, I did get an opportunity to hand off a couple for testing to an impartial non-foodie tester, who began moaning and rolling his eyes. At the same time, his head slowly tilted side-to-side as if engaged in a religious experience.

sean

This #recipe is a popular pin over on #Pinterest, with one pinner wishing there was a photo to go with the recipe. Well, golly, I'm not one to deny our visitors' #ChristmasCookies wishes, especially since they were so kind as to pin the recipe, so I felt compelled to start #baking up a batch of these #cookies and shoot some #foodphotography. Alas, my #foodstyling skills aren't quite up to @donnahay #FoodieBeauty benchmarks; nevertheless, some of the pics seem at least... edible. :)

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 47g (1.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 23769% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 8g 39%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 31mg 10%
Sodium 2mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 5%
Dietary Fiber 1g 6%
Sugars g
Protein 6g
Vitamin A 7% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2% Iron 6%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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