Caramel Pear Cookies (Cla, Hy, KF, Twi, Veg)--M Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 cups + 2 TBS flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1½ sticks butter, unsalted, melted & cooled until just barely warm
1 cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
1 egg, large + 1 egg yolk, large
2 tsp vanilla or Mexican vanilla extract
1 cup caramel bits (can cut up pure caramel candies, use caramel chips, or caramel baking melts)
1-2 pears, finely diced (about 1 cup)
extra caramel bits
OPTIONAL (if making thumbprint-style cookies)
jam OR preserves, pear, peach, OR raspberry
piping bag (optional, can use a spoon)
Tools
2 bowls, medium
whisk
electric mixer
spatula, rubber (for folding)
cookie dough spoon (optional, can use regular spoon and hands)
2 baking sheets, lined with parchment paper
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Directions:Preheat oven to 325º.
Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in bowl. Set aside.
In separate bowl, use electric mixer to cream together butter and sugars until well blended.
Beat in egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined.
Add in the dry ingredient mixture and beat on low speed until *just combined*.
Carefully fold in the caramel bits and diced pears until combined.
Form the dough into TBS-sized balls.
Place on a cookie sheet at least 2½" apart, and then dot on top with a few additional caramel bits.
Bake cookies until the outer edges are golden and begin to slightly harden, about 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheets.
Note: You can add a bit of pear/peach/raspberry preserve or jam to each cookie if desired. Simply press down on the cookies gently, in the centers, when removing them from the oven. You will want to work quickly. After they have cooled, spoon or pipe the preserves or jam into the centers. |
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Notes: {Recipe from GimmeSomeOven.com}
PERTAINING TO PEARS....
How many varieties of pears do you think there are nowadays? If you guessed over 3,000, you probably are one of those people who would win at Jeopardy! Here are a few more fun trivia facts--you know, for when you get to be a contestant on Jeopardy:
--Pears are part of the rose family.
--Pears thrive in climates with moderate temperatures and are grown around the world.
--Pears ripen best once they're picked, not while they're on the tree.
--Pears are believed to have first been cultivated in China.
--If you plant a pear sapling today, you will have to wait at least four years, and maybe eight, before it will yield fruit!
--A pear's flowers are white or pink.
--The heaviest known pear was grown in Japan in 2011. Its weight? 6 pounds 8 ounces!!
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