Caramel Cashew Cookies
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Caramel Cashew Cookies blend the rich and delicious flavors of caramel toffee and nutty chopped cashews in a soft, sweet cookie base. A standard brown sugar cookie dough is upgraded with processed oats to give a more nutty and satisfying cookie. Cashews are salted, toasted, and chopped before being added to the dough, and are accompanied by chopped-up toffee candies. The result is a caramel cashew cookie that is perfect for holiday cookie exchanges or a weeknight treat.
I love all the exciting ice cream flavors out there, one of them being caramel cashew ice cream. That is why I created this recipe, in honor of the caramel cashew ice cream. These cookies are amazing! You get that delectable, unmistakable caramel flavor from the toffee bits and that divine slightly salty flavor from the cashews.
Caramel Cashew Cookies
We make a lot of chocolate chip cookies around here. The classic taste is something we always crave. But this cookie recipe makes a more complex and rich cookie that will knock your socks off. You won’t even miss the chocolate chips. If you want to make these cashew butter cookies even more incredible, give them the salted caramel treatment with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt before baking OR use brown butter, which will add about 8-10 minutes to your prep time but makes the cookies unstoppable.
These cookies even have a bit of hidden nutrition in from the oats (no one will notice they’re there, they just make the cookie have a moist and slightly chewy texture). These cookies will be a hit at the next Thanksgiving or Christmas party, they will keep people coming back for more!
Cookie Ingredients
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Whole Oats
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Toffee bits
- Salted cashew nuts
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Caramel Cashew Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter , softened
- 2 cups light-brown sugar (packed)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups whole oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups toffee bits
- 1 1/2 cups toasted , salted cashew halves, chopped into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a cookie sheet, set aside. In a food processor, grind oats until nearly flour, about 1 minutes. 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 until lighter and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in eggs one at a time, add vanilla. Slowly stir in flour mixture until well combine. 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 9 - 11 minutes (9 for softer, 11 for crispier). Allow to cool several minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
