Every year, I host an annual Cookie & Ornament Exchange. Most of the time, I am so busy trying to get the house cleaned/decorated and appetizers made that my cookies have to be something easy to make. A few weeks ago, I found these gems on the Pioneer Woman website and they look fairly easy. They were!
More importantly, they were DELICIOUS!!!! My 9 year old and I made them.
(Note: I took pictures of these with my camera phone. Although they are in my computer vertically, for some reason, they turned horizontal when I loaded them into the blog. Not a huge deal but I gave up trying to figure out how to fix them. Cookies still taste the same whether they are upside down, sideways or in your tummy!)
Here is what you need:
Milk Chocolate Morsels
Pecan Halves
Kraft Caramels–Unwrapped
Mini Pretzels (Note: I think plain ones will work fine. I tried to be fancy-smancy and use decorative ones I found at World Market. I will tell you more about that in a bit.)
Parchment Paper
Yes. 4 ingredients. Love that!!!
Step One: Place the Pecan Halves on a cookie sheet and bake them at 350 for about 5-7 minutes.
Step Two: Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place your mini-pretzels on them. Remember I said I tried the fancy pretzels thinking they would be prettier? The milk chocolate pretzels did well in the oven. The white chocolate/caramel ones melted a bit and were difficult to work with. They did look pretty though! : )
Step Three:
Place a caramel on the center of each pretzel. Bake in the oven on 325 until the caramels get just a bit soft, but NOT melted.
Step Four:
Place a toasted pecan half in the middle of the caramel and gently push down. Save these for later. At this point, I lined the cookie sheets with more parchment paper in preparation for Step Five.
Step Five: Melt the milk chocolate. I used a double boiler. Using a teaspoon, spoon the melted chocolate onto the parchment paper into a large circle. I used the spoon to spread it out a bit so it was larger than my pecan/caramel/pretzel creation. Kind of like a chocolate medallion of yumminess!
Step Six: Place the pecan/caramel/pretzel creation in the center of your chocolate medallion. Done! Easy Peasy! I put them in the refrigerator to harden the chocolate. I made the mistake of trying to eat it fresh out of the fridge…the caramel had hardened and almost broke my tooth. I am smarter than a fifth grader but don’t try that at home! Let it sit long enough to get back to room temperature.
Yummy Deliciousness!!!
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