Salty-Sweet Fall Cookies
Deliciously buttery cookies filled with chopped chocolate-covered pretzels and drizzled with milk chocolate for the perfect balance of sweet and salty flavors. These soft, puffy cookies combine the crunch of pretzels with classic sugar cookie dough.
Ingredients
- •4½ cups all-purpose flour
- •1 Tbsp baking powder
- •1½ cups salted butter
- •1½ cups white granulated sugar
- •3 whole large eggs
- •1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- •1½ cups chopped chocolate-covered pretzels
- •1 cup Milk chocolate candy melts
- •1 piece square cookie cutter
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Whisk the flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl.
2 min
- 2.
Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth or about 2 1/2 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy, about 1 minute. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
4 min
- 3.
Turn the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture approximately a quarter at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Reserve 1/4 cup of the chocolate-covered pretzels. Mix the remaining pretzels into the cookie dough until fully incorporated. The dough will form a ball around the paddle attachment and feel soft but not sticky.
5 min
- 4.
Wrap the dough ball in a piece of plastic wrap and press down to form a 1-inch thick disk. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes, or store for up to 7 days tightly wrapped.
10 min
- 5.
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
10 min
- 6.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured flat work surface to about 1/4-inch thickness, using additional flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Use cookie cutters to create the shapes you want, and carefully transfer with a metal spatula to a nonstick baking sheet, placing the cookies about 3/4 inch apart.
15 min
- 7.
Bake one sheet at a time on the middle rack about 7 to 8 minutes, until puffy. Let the cookies rest for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
10 min
- 8.
Melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl on 30 percent power for 30-second increments until melted.
3 min
- 9.
Using a honey dipper, drizzle the chocolate over the cookies and sprinkle with the reserved chocolate-covered pretzels.
5 min