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Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Sep 21, 2020
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Choosing between your two favorite Christmas cookies is a thing of the past! Turtle thumbprints and classic blossoms join forces to make one of the easiest and most creative cookies you’ll try this season. Each one gets rolled in chopped pecans, filled with gooey caramel and topped with a Hershey’s™ Kiss™ chocolate. Hello, new favorite dessert.

Turtle Thumbprint Blossoms

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 1 hr 55 min
  • Ingredients 7
  • Servings 36
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Ingredients

  • 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
  • 22 caramels, unwrapped (from 11-oz bag)
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 3/4 teaspoon coarse (kosher) or sea salt
  • 36 Hershey’s™ Kisses™ Brand milk chocolate with caramel candies, unwrapped

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, crumble cookie dough; stir or knead in flour until well mixed. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Shape dough into 36 (about 1-inch) balls. Roll and slightly press balls in pecans (do not flatten). Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are set and light golden brown. Using back of round metal measuring teaspoon, make 1 1/4-inch indentation in center of each cookie. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooking racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    In small microwavable bowl, microwave caramels and whipping cream uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until caramels are melted and smooth. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon caramel in center of each cookie; sprinkle with salt. Immediately top each caramel-filled cookie with 1 candy, slightly pressing into caramel. Let stand about 10 minutes or until caramel is set. Store covered in refrigerator up to 1 week.

Nutrition

120 Calories
6g Total Fat
1g Protein
17g Total Carbohydrate
11g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
50
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
115mg
5%
Potassium
40mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
17g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
11g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 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 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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