Description
Soft and chewy salted caramel cookies with rich caramel swirls and a flaky sea salt finish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 280 g all-purpose flour
- 30 g cornstarch
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 170 g unsalted butter, softened
- 150 g brown sugar
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 120 ml heavy cream
- 57 g butter (for caramel)
- 50–67 g brown sugar (for caramel)
- 1 tsp flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Melt butter and brown sugar for caramel in saucepan.
- Add cream and whisk until thickened.
- Stir in sea salt and set aside.
- Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
- Beat butter and sugars until fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix.
- Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients.
- Fold caramel into dough to create swirls.
- Scoop dough onto baking sheet.
- Bake at 175°C for 12–14 minutes.
- Sprinkle with flaky salt and cool before serving.
Notes
Do not overmix caramel into dough to keep visible swirls. Slightly underbake for soft centers.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 175
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: salted caramel cookies, easy caramel cookies, chewy cookies, caramel swirl cookies