Chocolate turtle cookies
6
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 40 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 24 • Difficulty: Easy
These cookies are reminiscent of those famous caramel-and-chocolate turtle candies but with one catch: They contain almost as much flavour but much less fat.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour
1 cup(s)
Unsweetened cocoa powder
⅓ cup(s)
Sugar
⅔ cup(s)
Reduced-calorie margarine
¼ cup(s)
Fat-free cream cheese
¼ cup(s)
Egg whites
1 serving(s), large
Fat-free skim milk
2 tbsp(s)
Vanilla extract
1 tsp(s)
Caramel candies
24 item(s)
Unsalted pecan halves
24 piece(s)
Instructions
1
Combine flour and cocoa in a small bowl; set aside. Beat together sugar, margarine, cream cheese, egg white, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; add flour mixture and blend well. Chill dough at least 30 minutes, or until firm.
2
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
3
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on baking sheets about 1 to 2 inches apart. Press a caramel into each cookie and flatten; top each caramel with a pecan half. Bake for 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Yields 1 cookie per serving.
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