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    Caramel Pear with Almond Cookies

    Published: Sep 9, 2021 · Modified: Feb 5, 2022 · This post may contain affiliate linksLeave a Comment

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    The pears at the grocery store are looking so good for the last two weeks; I decided to do a pear cookie. The pear I choose was the Bartlett Pear. Here are some fun facts about pears. Pears have a subtly sweet taste that I love. I buy all different kinds of pears, but the Bartletts looked ripe and had the yellow skin I love.

    Caramel Pear with almond cookies in a cut-glass bowl.

    Caramel goes very well with pears. But I didn't want to add too much caramel, or it would overpower the pear taste, so I opted for the caramel chips. And I did not add any salt into the cookie dough since the caramel chips have sea salt in them.

    My cookie needed a little crunch but not a strong nut taste, so I decided on the blanched almonds. It would give just enough hint of the almond taste to compliment the caramel and pears. All in all, this is a pretty tasty cookie. 

    Caramel Pear with almond cookies in a cut-glass bowl.

    Caramel Pear with Almond Cookies

    Barbara Hall
    Caramel goes very well with pears. But I didn’t want to add too much caramel, or it would overpower the pear taste, so I opted for the caramel chips.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Bake Time 40 mins
    Chilol 30 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Course Cookies, No-Eggs, Nuts, Spring
    Cuisine American
    Servings 30 cookies
    Calories 155 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup Butter unsalted 2 sticks room temperature
    • ½ cup Light brown sugar 106 g
    • ½ cup Sugar white 99 g
    • ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
    • ½ teaspoon Lemon juice
    • ½ teaspoon packed Lemon zest
    • 2 ¾ cups All-purpose flour 330 g
    • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
    • 1 Pear diced small
    • ½ teaspoon Lemon juice for diced pears
    • ½ cup Caramel Chips with Sea Salt
    • ½ cup Almonds blanched

    Instructions
     

    • Juice and zest one lemon into separate bowls and set aside. You should get at least one teaspoon of lemon juice. Use ½ teaspoon over the diced pears and ½ teaspoon for the cookie dough.
    • Dice 1 Barlett pear into small pieces and then sprinkle ½ teaspoon of lemon juice over the pears. Lemon juice will stop the browning process. Weigh or measure the white and light brown sugars into a bowl and set aside. Weigh or measure the flour and baking powder into a bowl and run a whisk through to blend.
    • In a stand or hand-held mixer, add the butter and the sugars and blend on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Next, add the vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest till incorporated. Turn the mixer down to a low setting and add the flour mixture for about a minute. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides and across the bottom and finish blending. Don't over mix; just incorporate the flour.
    • Add the caramel chips, almonds, and dices pears and just mix for a minute till everything is blended. Don't mix for any more than a minute, so the pears do not crumble. You can always hand mix with a spatula if you think it needs to be incorporated more throughout the cookie dough. Loosely wrap and refrigerate for ½ hour.
    • Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 cookie pans with parchment paper and set aside. Pull dough from the refrigerator and using a medium cookie scoop place 12 scoops on a lined cookie pan. I take three fingers and flatten the top of the cookie scoop. Bake for 13-15 minutes, moving to a cooling rack after being taken from the oven. This recipe makes about 2-½ dozen cookies.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 26mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 192IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword almond cookies, caramel peare cookie, cherry caramel cookies
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