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Salty Bee Pretzel Cookies

Hannah Eaton
Perfectly sweet, salty, and chewy cookies filled with white chocolate chips and pretzel pieces!
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12 cookies

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Hand Mixer
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Mixing Spoon
  • Small Sauce Pan

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough:

  • 1 cup 2 Sticks Salted Butter
  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 3/4 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
  • 2 (3.5 oz.) Bars Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate
  • Flaky Sea Salt as needed

Caramelized Honey:

  • 1/2 Cup Honey
  • 2 TBSP Salted Butter

Instructions
 

To Make the Cookies:

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Using a sharp knife, chop the white chocolate bar into bite-sized pieces. (They do not have to be uniform. A little difference in size between the pieces is encouraged.)
  • Place room temperature butter into a mixing bowl.
  • Add brown sugar and granulated sugar, and mix thoroughly to combine. You want the mixture to look a little light and fluffy.
  • Add egg and vanilla to the sugar and butter mixture, and stir until homogenous and fluffy.
  • In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients remaining (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda). Add the dry ingredients to the eggs, sugar, and butter.
  • Stir all ingredients until a dough begins to come together. Add all of the white chocolate chunks and pretzel bits, and continue stirring until a cookie dough is formed.
  • Place dough in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to rest and chill.
  • While your dough is resting, place your honey into a small saucepan, and begin heating. Once it is warm, add the butter and allow it to melt
  • Allow the honey to continue heating until it boils. Allow it to boil for about 1 minute and remove it from the heat. Allow it to cool slightly, and check the consistency. It should be sticky and thick, like caramel sauce. If it is still too loose, continue boiling it in one-minute intervals until the right consistency is achieved. (If you boil it too long, it will harden once it has cooled and you will not be able to use it. Be very cautious on this step. Regular caramel sauce can be substituted if you do not want to caramelize honey.)
  • Once the dough has chilled, scoop 12 cookies and roll them into balls, placing them onto 2 separate cookie sheets (6 per sheet). Using your thumb, press a well into the center of each cookie. This is where the honey will sit before baking.
  • Fill the well with 3-4 broken pretzel pieces, and about 1 teaspoon of caramelized honey. Sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of sea salt.
  • Place cookies in the preheated oven, and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
  • If you cookies have run together a bit, don't worry. The caramel can cause that to happen. While they are slightly warm, you can use a spatula and lightly separate them from one another. After this, allow them to cool completely and enjoy!
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