Oatmeal Caramel Apple Cookies

Anybody that knows me well knows I do love my sweets, and cookies are no exception. One of my of my all time favorite cookie is the oatmeal raisin.

My daughter brought home these oatmeal caramel apple cookies from Bob Evans Family Restaurant, and they were delicious. I looked for the recipe on their website but couldn’t find it.

So I decided to try and duplicate this oatmeal caramel apple cookie recipes. I proceeded to make a list of everything that I needed.

Here is what I used for these: Easy Bake Oatmeal Cookies

1 large Granny Smith apple (yielded 2 cups peeled and diced)

1 cup Kraft Caramel Bits

2 stick butter (softened and cut into small pieces)

¾ cup brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

3 cups Quaker Oats (Uncooked Quick or Old Fashioned)

The first thing I did was peel and diced the apple, I tossed the diced apple in a bowl with the cinnamon and brown sugar and set in the refrigerator while I prepared the other ingredients.

Prepared Apples with brown sugar and cinnamon 

I added the white sugar and butter into my Kitchen Aid mixing bowl and turned it on low speed.

Next lightly beat the eggs with the vanilla and add it to the bowl, then add the flour, oats, and baking soda and continue mixing on low speed. Then I added the caramel and apple mixture continuing to mix on low speed.

Drop onto a cookie sheet with a tablespoon, I used parchment paper on my cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees. I let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before placing them on a rack to cool completely.

This recipe yielded me a little over 40 cookies and has apple and caramel in every bite. But here are a couple of changes I would make the next time:

1. Instead of dicing the apple I would shred it using a cheese grater.
2. I would press the caramel bits into the cookies after dropping them onto the cookie sheet, about 2 or 3 of them in the center.

I’m well on my way to eating all of these so I probably won’t make them again for a while. So if anybody tries this recipe with these changes please let me know how they worked out.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy it.

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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Turtles

These sweet and salty chocolate turtles are a treat anytime. This year I decided to make my own homemade chocolate turtles for the holidays. The only problem was that I didn’t take any pictures to post this sweet treat, so I made them again. Some people call these cookies, and some candy, I think they’re candy.

Here is what I used: In my Homemade Chocolate Turtles Recipe

1-11oz. bag of Kraft Caramel Bits

1-11.5oz. bag Nestle Milk Chocolate Morsels

2 tablespoons of heavy cream

1 cup of pecans (cut in half)

Sea Salt (Optional)

Making Chocolate Turtles is easy and here is how: 

I lined two cookie sheets with tin foil, and greased the tin foil with Pam non-stick spray, this prevents the candy from sticking.

In a microwave bowl, I mixed the caramel bits and heavy cream. By the way, these caramel bits are wonderful because they are already unwrapped and ready for any recipe.

Melt the caramels in the microwave 30 seconds at a time stirring between each interval. I have to tell you that I was so excited to use my microwave for something other than heating up my cold coffee.

When the caramel stirs easily add the pecans and mix well. Drop onto the tin foil with a tablespoon.

I melted the chocolate in the microwave using the same 30-second method as the caramels. Use a tablespoon to cover the caramel and pecan drops. I sprinkled some sea salt over the chocolate to make these sweet and salty. You don’t have to use the sea salt if you don’t want to.

Place the cookie sheets in the freezer for about 15 or 20 minutes until the candy is firm. They peel right off of the tin foil because of the non-stick spray, now refrigerate and enjoy.

This recipe yielded me about 27 of these delicious beauties; I had to give some to my daughter so I wouldn’t be in sugar overload.

You might also like my: Easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy.

Here is everything you need to make chocolate covered turtles

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Kraft, Caramel Bits, 11oz Bag (Pack of 3)Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Morsels, 11.5 Ounce Packages (PackSUNBEST Fancy Georgia Raw Shelled Pecans, Pecan Halves, JUMBO, Unsalted,Morton Coarse Sea Salt, 17.60 ozPam Cooking Spray, 8 ozReynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil (200 Square Foot Roll)Good Cook Set Of 3 Non-Stick Cookie SheetZiploc Freezer Bag, Gallon Size-28 ct