Description
Delicious salted caramel pretzel chocolate chip cookies with a chewy center and a hint of saltiness.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter (cold, unsalted, two sticks)
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (add more 1 TBS at a time if dough is too sticky, or if cookies come out too flat)
- 1 TBS cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pretzels
- 15 soft caramels cut in half
- 1 TBS coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut your butter into slices.
- Place butter slices into a large mixing bowl and beat with mixer until it starts to smooth.
- Add in the sugars and beat for about 1-2 minutes until smooth.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat until just incorporated.
- Dump in the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix on low speed until the wet and dry ingredients are combined.
- Pour in the chocolate chips and pretzel pieces and fold them into the dough.
- Cut your caramels each in half if they are big enough, or use the whole caramel if they are smaller.
- Measure out the batter to be 2 heaping tablespoons.
- Press the dough flat and stick a caramel piece in the middle. Roll the cookie dough around the caramel.
- Place 9 cookies per cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone liner.
- Place in the oven to bake for about 8-12 minutes, or until the cookie top and bottom are golden.
- Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with coarse sea salt.
- Allow the cookies to rest on the pan for about 5 minutes.
- Remove to a cooling rack to cool completely, or enjoy warm.
- Store cookies in an airtight container, or ziplock bag for 3 to 4 days.
Notes
- Adjust flour as necessary for cookie consistency.
- Cookies can be stored in an airtight container for freshness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 219
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 444mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: Salted Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies