Salted Caramel Cookies filled with soft caramels and white chocolate chips create a delicious combination of rich caramel flavor and creamy white chocolate.
These sweet and salty cookies have both worlds and will quickly become a favorite cookie.
Why You'll Love This Salted Caramel Cookies Recipe
Easy to Make: You can whip up these cookies with simple ingredients like flour, butter, and soft caramel pieces.
Soft and Chewy Texture: Bake these cookies until they are slightly golden around the edges to achieve soft and chewy insides.
Great for Any Occasion: Ideal for holiday baking, but these cookies are perfect for any time of year.
Ingredients in Salted Caramel Cookies
- salted butter, room temperature
- dark brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- caramel Sauce (I like Torani Puremade Sauce)
- all purpose flour
- cornstarch
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- white chocolate chips
- soft caramels (I like Werther's)
See the recipe card for the full ingredient quantities and the recipe directions.
How to Make Salted Caramel Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter until creamy. Beat in the dark brown sugar and the white sugar. Beat for about 5 minutes, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Beat in the egg and stir the vanilla extract and the caramel sauce.
- In a medium bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
- Combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a soft cookie dough forms.
- Using a #30 cookie scoop, roll the dough into 1-inch balls and transfer them to the refrigerator to chill for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Press extra white chocolate chips and bites of soft caramel pieces into the tops and sides of the cookies.
- Bake one baking sheet at a time for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
Tips for Making Salted Caramel Cookies
Use high-quality ingredients. Opt for a quality caramel sauce or use homemade caramel sauce.
Chill your cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours to improve texture and flavor. This step also prevents excessive spreading during baking.
Use a cookie scoop to get the same-sized cookie portions every time.
Use soft caramels as the mix-in for this recipe. Chopping Werther's soft caramels into small pieces and adding them to the dough works perfectly.
What Caramel to Use in Cookies
Werther's Soft Caramels are a popular and convenient choice. They are soft, easy to chop, and melt beautifully into the cookie dough and creates a gooey texture.
Caramel baking bits such as Kraft caramel bits also work for these cookies, but they don't produce a caramel chew that is as tender as Werther's and helps produce a chewier cookie and a gooey caramel.
The caramel sauce in the dough can be either store-bought or homemade caramel sauce. Be sure to choose a caramel sauce that you like because the flavor really comes through in the cookie.
Baking Tools for Baking Cookies
Using the right tools can make the process smoother and more fun.
Mixing Bowls-You'll need a few mixing bowls in different sizes. I like one bowl for wet ingredients and one for dry ingredients.
Measuring Cups and Spoons-Make sure you have both dry and liquid measuring cups and spoons, as accurate measurements are important for the success of your cookies.
Baking Sheets-Invest in a few good-quality baking sheets. Non-stick or aluminum baking sheets provide even heat distribution, which helps to bake cookies evenly. I prefer light colored baking sheets.
Parchment Paper-Use parchment paper to prevent cookies from sticking and make cleanup easier. It will also slow down the browning process of the cookies.
Electric Mixer-An electric hand mixer or stand mixer will save time and effort, especially when creaming butter and sugar together and it will save your hands!
Cooling Racks-Cooling racks help cookies cool evenly and prevent soggy bottoms by allowing air to circulate around them.
Cookie Scoops-Cookie scoops come in various sizes and help portion out the dough, which in turn helps ensure the cookies bake evenly.
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📖 Recipe
Salted Caramel Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter - room temperature
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup caramel sauce
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 9 soft caramels - chopped into bits
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter until creamy. Beat in the dark brown sugar and the white sugar. Beat for about 5 minutes, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Beat in the egg and stir the vanilla extract and the caramel sauce.
- In a medium bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
- Combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a soft cookie dough forms.
- Stir in the white chocolate chips and soft caramel bits.
- Using a #30 cookie scoop, roll the dough into 1-inch balls and transfer them to the refrigerator to chill for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Press extra white chocolate chips and bites of soft caramel pieces into the tops and sides of the cookies.
- Bake one baking sheet at a time for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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Giangi Townsend says
Great recipe! I love the texture and it is not too sweet.