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Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 9/10/20Updated: 9/20/24

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Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies are soft, chewy and full of amazing flavor.  Thanks to brown butter, caramel, salt and a chocolate drizzle you can’t go wrong.

We love brown butter is almost anything and everything.  Some of our favorite was to use brown butter are in these Brown Butter Rice Krispie treats, Brown Butter Frosting which is good on everything and it’s amazing on these Brown Butter Brussels Sprouts too.

broken caramel filled cookie

Best Cookie Ever!

“Oh my word,  Those are the BEST cookies I have ever had!  I need the recipe!!  That was the text I received from my neighbor after we had dropped off some of these Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies at her house.  I have to admit, they are pretty dang good!!

A few weeks ago I remade an old favorite, Brown Sugar Cookies, which are delicious and wonderful all on their own.  But I decided I could make them even better, take them up a notch or two or three by adding in caramel, French salt and a dark chocolate drizzle – oh yeah!!

overhead shot of brown sugar cookies

There are quite a few things that make these cookies amazing.

  • First, brown butter.  It makes a huge difference in the flavor and is so easy to do.  Just follow the tutorial here.
  • Second, dark brown sugar.  The dark brown sugar has more molasses in it and it is going to give you a deeper, richer flavor.
  • Third, caramel squares.  What is better than biting into a cookie and finding some ooey gooey caramel waiting for you inside?! You want a thick square of caramel so it doesn’t melt into the cookie.
  • Fourth, French salt.  The only thing better than finding caramel, is finding salted caramel.   You can also use Kosher salt but you want a coarse salt or flaky salt.
Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies with chocolate drizzle

How to Make Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies

Mix up your cookie dough, don’t over mix.  Mix until just combined.

brown sugar cookie dough on hook

Take 1 Tablespoon of dough and flatten it and top with a caramel square. Sprinkle with salt.

Add another tablespoon of dough on top and enclose the piece of caramel and salt and roll into a ball (sorry didn’t get a photo of this).  It will look just like a ball of cookie dough, make sure no caramel is showing.  You don’t want all the caramel leaking out as the cookie bakes.  You may end up with a bit of caramel coming out the bottom of the cookie but that is fine.

brown sugar cookies on a cookie sheet

Bake according to the directions below and allow cookies to cool for a few minutes.

This last and final step is worth the time and effort.  Melt some dark chocolate.  I like using dark chocolate because these cookies are really sweet and the dark chocolate helps offset some of that sweetness.  Drizzle the cookies with the melted chocolate.

Drizzling cookies with chocolate.

Allow the chocolate to set up or not before eating.  I love eating them while they are still slightly warm so that the caramel is nice and gooey.  They are also delicious after they cool!

caramel oozing out of cookie

Some of my other favorite cookie recipes include:

  • The Perfect Sugar Cookie
  • Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • Peanut Butter Cookies

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Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe

5 from 8 votes

Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies are soft, chewy and full of amazing flavor.  Thanks to brown butter, caramel, salt and a chocolate drizzle you can't go wrong.
serves: 24 cookies
Prep:15 minutes minutes
Cook:12 minutes minutes
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Total:27 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 14 Tbsp butter divided
  • 1 3/4 cups dark brown sugar packed
  • 2 cups all purpose flour plus 2 Tbsp
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 24 Kraft Caramels
  • 1 Tbsp coarse salt kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips melted

Instructions

  • Melt 10 Tbsp butter in a pan, cook until butter starts to foam and turn golden brown.
  • Remove butter from heat and add in remaining butter. Allow butter to cool for 15 -20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
  • Pour cooled butter into bowl of stand mixer. Add in brown sugar. Mix to combine.
  • Add in egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix to incorporate.
  • Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix until combined, don't over mix.
  • Form cookies by taking a tablespoon of dough and flattening it into a circle. Place on prepared baking sheet and add a caramel on top, add a sprinkle of salt.
  • Place another tablespoon of dough on top of the caramel and cover caramel, roll into a ball. Caramel should be totally covered.
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes until cookies are just starting to brown around the edges, just beginning to set.
  • Cool cookies for 10 minutes and then drizzle with melted chocolate.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 213kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 33g (11%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 9g (14%) Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) Cholesterol: 33mg (11%) Sodium: 459mg (20%) Potassium: 76mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 23g (26%) Vitamin A: 232IU (5%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 41mg (4%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Cookies
Cuisine:American
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  1. Joanne says

    Posted on 12/11 at 10:57 am

    The best cookie I ever made.

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  2. Jeri Helton says

    Posted on 12/10 at 7:48 am

    I made these last weekend and they were so yummy. Best when warm though because the caramel gets very chewy when cooled. I’m going to try them again with Rolo’s because that caramel is a little softer plus you get a little chocolate with it!

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  3. Adele Yanssens says

    Posted on 11/1 at 4:52 am

    I made these this past weekend and love love love them. I After making the cookies I placed them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes so when I placed into the oven they stayed a bit fuller and did not flatten which made them so yummy. A definite cookie to make for the fall!!

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    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 11/1 at 9:42 am

      Great tip on refrigerating them a bit first! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  4. Deb says

    Posted on 9/20 at 9:56 am

    OMG, these look absolutely delicious and I absolutely can’t wait to make them! Well, actually it won’t be me, it’ll be my teenage son, the cookie-making master in our household. I have a sneaky feeling these are going to end up on our favorites list! Thanks for sharing yet another great recipe, Leigh Anne.

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