Black Family Recipes

Gingerbread-Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Gingerbread-Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 40 servings
Ingredients: 1 roll (30 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Gingerbread Cookie Dough; 2/3 cup all-purpose flour; 2 egg whites, beaten; 2 cups finely chopped walnuts; 1 cup dulce de leche or caramel dessert topping; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

40 servings

servings

30 minutes

active time

1 hour 15 minutes

total time

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Ingredients

1 roll (30 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Gingerbread Cookie Dough

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

2 egg whites, beaten

2 cups finely chopped walnuts

1 cup dulce de leche or caramel dessert topping

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F.

In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in flour until well blended. Shape dough into 40 balls. Place egg whites in shallow bowl. Place chopped walnuts in another shallow bowl. Dip each ball into egg whites, then roll each ball in chopped walnuts. Place cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press thumb in center of each cookie to make indentation.

Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until cookies are set around edges. Remove cookies to cooling rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Place 1 teaspoon dulce de leche in indentation of each cookie.

In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir. Continue to microwave in 15-second increments until chocolate is melted and smooth. Drizzle chocolate mixture over cookies.

Nutrition

Serving Size

1 Cookie

Calories

190

Total Fat

Saturated Fat

2 1/2 g

Unsaturated Fat

Trans Fat

1 1/2 g

Cholesterol

0 mg

Sodium

15 mg

Total Carbohydrate

21 g

Dietary Fiber

0 g

Total Sugars

6 g

Protein

3 g