So, the salty/sweet taste craze is a winner in my books. My first toe-in-the-water test was Nigella’s uber-good salted caramel sauce which I believe to be the answer to most of life’s ills.
These cookies were next. The crunch of the pretzel. The sweetness of the caramel. The softness of the cookie. The sighs of goodness…
Everyone who tried them raved about them and when Mis7 asked me which recipe I was blogging informed me that I ‘must’ make these again.
Oh, if you insist.
Gather:
2 cups plain flour
1 egg
1/2 cup crushed pretzels
170g butter, diced, at room temperature
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup caster sugar
1 cup milk chocolate bits
1 cup caramel bits
splash vanilla
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 180C and line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
Using paddle attachment in mixer cream butter and sugars until it changes to a lighter colour, then add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
On low speed add flour then use spoon to stir in pretzels and choc and caramels bits.
Roll a ball the size of a walnut and place on tray, and then use a floured fork to flatten.
Bake 8-ish minutes until barely golden – do not over-bake.
Allow to cool on baking tray then remove to wire rack to totally cool.
the hungry mum 
you had me at caramel!
You’d *love* these!
So much to love in a single biscuit, Thanks for sharing.
There’s a bit of everything! Cheers.
I love sweet and salty! These look fab!
Isn’t it the best? Every bite is a blast!
sweet and salty is my weakness! do the pretzels go soft or stay crunchy?
Hmmm, you’re testing my memory now! I made these a while back & only just blogged them. TBH I can’t remember, sorry!
oh my, party in the mouth! These look great.
Love it! Cheers x
Very pretty cookies/biscuits! It looks like you placed each chocolate chip just so perfectly., I’ve loved salty/sweet combo since I was a little bitty girl. These cookies are being pinned so I can make them soon!
hehehe – can assure you there was no deliberate placement (was more slapdash!). I really need to instal a pinterest button on my blog – if only I could figure it out [not technical at all!]
ciao! these are cookies for thebestdressup now…thanks.
thebestdressup
Try them – you;ll like ’em 🙂
Oh !!! What a fantastic imagination !! Never thought about mixing cookies and pretzel ! That’s so funny and I’m curious right now !! That’s absolutly lovely !
Give it a whirl – its not like anything you’ve ever tried before!
I LOOOOOOVE salty things in my cookies! LOVE.
I love salty – anything salty is good in my books x
Salty & sweet is just all kinds of good, really 🙂
My stomach is growling and my mouth is watering. These look like the perfect cookie!
Hehehe – now you’re hungry (the perfect crime!).
Looks absolutely delicious! I would so love to try some. I am sure it tastes fantastic.
Cheers! It is quite yummy 🙂
Salty, sweet & crunchy! Those cookies there are the answer to many midnight snacks for generations to come. Yes they look that good!!
These look exceptionally yummy!
Cheers! They are pretty good!
What a great idea!
They are heavenly 🙂
Wow, these look fab! Need to try them asap!
do it! you won’t regret it 🙂
WOW sounds like the best things you’d want in a cookie, salty, sweet, crunchy YUM!
Yes, is heaven in a mouthful 🙂
I cannot wait to try these! I’ve never had pretzels in a biscuit before, but they sound like a heavenly combination!
You wouldn’t think it would work but it really does! There are some v creative people out there who never cease to inspire me 🙂
Reblogged this on the hungry mum.
I’m working on a recipe with this very combination (but it’s very different too!) 🙂
Great minds! It is so very moreish, combining sweet and salty 🙂
Sounds like a brilliant idea – love sweet and salty! 🙂
Excellence in a cookie right here. Love the salty sweet combo, but wouldnt have thought to put it in a cookie. Great idea lady. 🙂
If I could think of a way of putting sweet and salty in my coffee I would, it is such an epic combo x
YUM! Love adding caramel to the cookie.
How good is caramel?! Swoon…