Caramel Apple Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
3 c all-purpose flour
1 T apple-pie spice
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 c butter, softened
1/2 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 t vanilla extract
red and green food coloring pastes
24 green wooden craft sticks
1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels
3 T water
1/3 c chopped cashews
Recipe
Preheat oven to 375*. In a medium bowl, combine flour, apple-pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using a mixer set on high, beat butter and both sugars until fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and vanilla; beat in flour mixture.
Remove 1.3 c of dough to a small mixing bowl; tint green. Tint remaining dough red; divide in half.
On a lightly floured surface, roll half of the red dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Using an apple shaped template or cookie cutter, cut dough into shapes; place 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Place a craft stick under "stem" end of each cookie, pressing dough lightly.
Using your fingers, mold a small piece of green dough into a leaf shape and place on top of each apple cutout on baking sheet.
Repeat rolling and cutting process with remaining dough. Bake until crisp but not browned, 8-10 mins. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small saucepan, heat caramels and water over low heat, stirring often, until smooth. Set a wire rack over a waxed papered baking sheet. Dip the cookie bottoms into melted caramel and then into chopped nuts. Let cookies stand until caramel is set, about 1 hour.
To store cookies, be sure the caramel is completely set and wrap each cookie individually in waxed paper. Do not try to stak the cookies before the caramel has hardened.
Makes 2 dozen.
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