These Caramel Swirl Cookies are a wonderful combination of a soft, chewy cookie swirled with sweet, creamy caramel. They make an impressive dessert for the holidays!
Caramel Swirl Cookies
Caramel and cream. Dulce de leche. Whatever you call it, it’s heavenly. These Caramel Swirl Cookies feature a soft, chewy cookie swirled with sweet and creamy caramel. They look and taste impressive, but they’re ridiculously easy to make. Caramel Swirl Cookies are always a hit when I make them for Christmas and the holidays. I rarely even have any left to bring home!
Caramel Swirl Cookies Recipe
Caramel Swirl Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup butter softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 2 3/4 flour
Caramel Filling
- 30 caramels
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolk and maple flavoring.
- Gradually add flour and mix until incorporated.
- Refrigerate 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- Melt caramels in a mixing bowl in the microwave in 45 second intervals, until melted and smooth. Stir in cream cheese until blended.
- Divide dough in half. Roll each portion between two 12"x10" sheets of wax paper to about a 1/4-inch thickness.
- Spread caramel mixture over dough, leaving a half inch of dough exposed at the ends to seal.
- Roll up tightly jelly roll style (like a cinnamon roll) and refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm.
- Cut into 1/4-inch slices, and place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes.
Nutrition
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Ginnie says
December 15, 2014 at 8:47 pmYum! These look so delicious! Thank you for sharing:)
Amy | Club Narwhal says
December 16, 2014 at 9:33 amI love swirly cookies and the caramel here makes them even more amazing 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing on The Makers!
Jacqui Odell says
December 18, 2014 at 11:38 amI love caramel! I will have to try these. Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!
Kate says
December 24, 2014 at 9:41 pmThese look amazing! I have never seen cookies like this, I love anything caramel so I’m sure I would love these! I will definitely have to give them a try. Thank you for sharing!
Jen @ The Halfway Homemaker says
December 29, 2014 at 8:51 pmThese look delicious. Thanks for sharing with Tasty Tuesdays!
ece zeynep unutur says
March 24, 2015 at 1:35 pmI was wondering if I could use caramel sauce and then stir in cream cheese in it instead of using melted caramel candies? They are not popular in my country and melted caramels sound just like regular caramel sauce. Can I do that? Thanks, amazing recipe by the way!
Michelle says
March 24, 2015 at 1:49 pmI can’t say for sure as I’ve never tried it. Caramel sauce is runnier than the melted caramels.
If you did use the sauce instead of the caramels, they would likely need a few extra minutes to set after baking. The cream cheese should stiffen it a bit, so it could work. And I would probably substitute 1 cup of caramel sauce for the candies.
If you try it, let me know how it goes!
Charmaine says
December 17, 2015 at 10:46 pmHow long will the cookies stay after you make them?
Michelle says
December 18, 2015 at 8:07 amAt least a week, covered or in a freezer bag.