Pistachio & Salted Caramel Cookies
These Pistachio & Salted Caramel Cookies are soft and chewy with rich caramel balanced with chopped pistachios and salt.
Equipment
- Cookie scoop optional
- Parchment paper optional
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- 10 soft caramel candies chopped
- 1 cup chopped pistachios
- fleur de sel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° (325° for convection)
- Microwave butter for 45 seconds (it will be partially melted).½ cup unsalted butter
- Cream together butter and sugars on medium speed until mixture gets light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.¼ cup brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
- Reduce mixer speed to low. Add egg and mix until fully incorporated, about 1 minute. (Tip: Creak egg into a glass or separate small bowl in case you get shell fragments. Much easier to get them out from there than the cookie dough!)1 egg
- Mix in vanilla.1 tsp vanilla
- Mix in baking soda.¾ tsp baking soda
- Add gradually (recommend ¼ cup at a time) and mix until all flour is incorporated.1¼ cups all purpose flour
- Mix in pistachios, then caramels.1 cup chopped pistachios, 10 soft caramel candies
- Using two spoons or a small cookie scoop, drop dough onto baking sheet (recommend lining with parchment paper) in approximately 1 tablespoon portions. Leave space between for expansion during cooking.
- Bake for about 14 minutes or until cookies are golden brown. Recommend checking the cookies at the 10 minute mark, then in 2 minute increments thereafter. Various factors can cause cooking times to vary.
- Remove cookies from oven. Sprinkle with fleur de sel. Transfer to a wire baking rack to cool.
Notes
Yield of 18 cookies will vary based on cookie size.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 174kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 65mgPotassium: 101mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 201IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition information is an estimate for one serving.