Butter Pecan Toffee Apple Sundae Cookies
Sautéed tart apples and toffee chips are added to a simple drop cookie, which is baked and drizzled with milk chocolate and caramel and topped off with a buttered pecan.
20 min Prep Time
10 min Cook Time
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Servings: 36 cookies
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup tart apple, peeled and diced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
- 2/3 cup + 1 tablespoon butter, softened (divided)
- 36 pecan halves
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup toffee bits
- 2/3 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
- 2/3 cup coarsely chopped dried tart cherries
- 8 ounces vanilla caramels
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.Step 2
In non-stick pan over medium heat, sauté apples and concentrate for 5 minutes or until apples are tender and liquid is gone. Remove from pan and set aside.Step 3
In same pan, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add pecan halves; sauté 5 minutes or until toasted. Set aside.Step 4
In bowl of electric mixer, beat 2/3 cup butter, sugar and brown sugar together until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.Step 5
In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, apple pie spice and salt. Add flour mixture to butter and egg mixture. Stir in toffee bits, chopped pecans, cherries and cooled apples.Step 6
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute on baking sheets. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.Step 7
Microwave caramels and milk together on high, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.Step 8
Microwave chocolate chips in 10 second increments, stirring, until melted.Step 9
Drizzle cookies with caramel and then with melted chocolate. While chocolate is still soft, top each cookie with a buttered pecan half.A Dairy Farmer’s Devotion to Feeding Others
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