Best Salted Caramel Cookie Cups Recipes

SALTED CARAMEL COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine cookie mix and flour. Beat in butter and egg until blended. Shape dough into 1-1/4-in. balls; press onto bottom and up sides of greased mini-muffin cups., In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, chocolate chips and confectioners' sugar. Place a rounded teaspoon of filling in each cup. Press one caramel into the filling in each cup. Bake until edges are golden brown and caramel is melted, 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt; top with a pecan half. Cool completely in pan on wire racks.

SALTED CARAMEL COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 32 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. Remove cookie dough rounds from tray; break each in half. Place half cookie dough round in each muffin cup. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 2. Using end of wooden spoon, carefully press into center of each baked cookie to make 1-inch-wide indentation.
• 3. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave caramels and water on High 1 minute. Stir; repeat until caramels are completely melted and can be stirred smooth.
• 4. Fill each cookie cup with about 1 tablespoon melted caramels. Gently cover with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature about 1 hour or until set. When caramel filling is set, sprinkle a few granules of coarse sea salt on top of each.

SALTED CARAMEL COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 24 mini-muffin tin with cooking spray; set aside. Press a tablespoon of cookie dough onto bottom and up the sides of each muffin cup. Bake 11 to 13 minutes, or until light golden brown. Cool completely in pan. In the meantime, prepare caramel. Combine caramels, butter and sweetened condensed milk into a saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until melted, stirring constantly; about 5 minutes. Spoon caramel into cooled cookie cups. Top each cookie cup with desired amount of kosher salt. Serve.