Name: Caramel Cashew Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 48
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 2 cups light-brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2½ cups whole oats; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; 1⅓ cups toffee bits; 1½ cups salted cashew halves

Caramel Cashew Cookies Recipe

Cammi Mathews Modified: July 17, 2024

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How To Make Caramel Cashew Cookies

These cashew cookies combine the caramel flavor of toffee bits with toasted, salted cashew nuts, bringing a balance of sweet and salty.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 1 hour

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupbutter,softened
2cupslight-brown sugar,packed
2large eggs
2tspvanilla extract
2½cupswhole oats
2cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking powder
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
1⅓cupstoffee bits
1½cupssalted cashew halves,toasted, chopped into small pieces

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a cookie sheet and set aside.
In a food processor, grind oats for about 1 minute until nearly flour. Pour ground oats into a mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until well blended, set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip together butter and sugar for about 3 to 4 minutes until light and fluffy.
Stir in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. Slowly stir in flour mixture until well combined.
Mix in toffee bits and cashew pieces. Round dough into cookie balls, about the size of a heaping tablespoon. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake dough for 9 minutes for softer cookies to 11 minutes for crisper cookies.
Allow to cool several minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 163.16kcal
Fat: 8.20g
Saturated Fat: 3.97g
Trans Fat: 0.19g
Monounsaturated Fat: 2.74g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.82g
Carbohydrates: 19.91g
Fiber: 1.15g
Sugar: 9.34g
Protein: 3.07g
Cholesterol: 23.12mg
Sodium: 70.74mg
Calcium: 22.90mg
Potassium: 84.17mg
Iron: 1.01mg
Vitamin A: 51.63µg
Vitamin C: 0.03mg

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