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Caramel Apple Cookies

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 16, 2011
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Craving caramel apples? Bake up a batch of cookies, and drizzle them with melted caramels.

Caramel Apple Cookies

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 13
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package (0.13 to 0.14 oz) strawberry, cherry, tropical punch or lemon-lime-flavored unsweetened soft drink mix
  • About 12 craft sticks (flat wooden sticks with round ends)
  • 24 caramels (from 14-oz bag)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • Betty Crocker™ candy sprinkles, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter and shortening with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and soft drink mix (dry).
  • Step 
    2
    On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3-inch round or apple-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart. Carefully insert 1 inch of wooden stick into side of each cookie.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    In 2-quart saucepan, heat caramels and water over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth. If caramel glaze becomes too stiff, heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until softened.
  • Step 
    5
    Spread top third of each cookie (opposite wooden stick) with caramel glaze. Hold cookie upright to allow glaze to drizzle down cookie. Sprinkle with candy sprinkles.

Nutrition

250 Calories
10g Total Fat
3g Protein
36g Total Carbohydrate
18g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
90
Total Fat
10g
16%
Saturated Fat
4g
21%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
30mg
10%
Sodium
170mg
7%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
36g
12%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
18g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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