Last week some of my good friends brought me over a huge back of freshly-picked pears and apples. And as I was trying to plan how to put them to use over the next week, the idea of caramel pears came to mind. And then better — caramel pear cookies!
I’m always looking for an excuse to pick up a bag of those adorable little caramel bits at the grocery store, so was more than happy to give the recipe idea a try. Went with a cinnamon-y dough, and then just finely diced the pear so that there could be some nice little fruit chunks in there. And oh my goodness. They turned out A-MAZING. Seriously, I was expecting them to be tasty, but they were go-back-for-seconds-and-thirds-and-(ok-admit-it)-fourths crazy good. I actually ended up making two batches of them last weekend, so took them to share with friends and family and neighbors, and everyone gave them rave reviews.
Especially while it’s fresh pear season, I highly recommend giving these caramel pear cookies a try!
Caramel Pear Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups + 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 12 Tbsp. (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until just warm
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup caramel bits
- 1 pear, finely diced (about 1 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Use an electric mixer to cream together butter and sugars until well blended. Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add in the dry ingredient mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Carefully stir in the caramel bits and diced pears until combined.
- Use a small cookie scoop or a spoon to form the dough into tablespoon-fulls. Place on a cookie sheet at least 2.5 inches apart, and then dot on top with a few additional caramel bits. Bake cookies until the outer edges are golden and begin to slightly harden, about 15 minutes. Remove and let the cookies cool on the baking sheets.
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
LOVE baking with pears and these sound just awesome.
These look so yummy! I am a caramel fanatic, and you just don’t see enough pears in recipes (I love em!).
Alright, where have I been? I have never seen caramel bits!!
I think she may be talking about Heath crunchies that are sold near the Chocolate chips. That’s what I plan on using. Good Luck :)
Oh. My. Swoon!!!!!!
These look and sound absolutely delicious!
Pear in a cookie? I’ve never heard of it but they look and sound amazing. The pears have been so, so good this year. I’ve got three on my counter right now……cookies, anyone? :)
These were so delicious! I didn’t have caramel chips, so I subbed chopped caramel flavored dark chocolate I had at the time. The melted butter makes the cookies so quick to whip up without having to think ahead. They first two pans rose beautifully, and then ironically the last batch which I refrigerated spread more! Still delicious. 10/10
Love, love, love this pear + caramel combination!
These sound amazing! And so unique. YUM!
Love using pears in recipes!! These look great- great little packaging, too! ;)
This is such a great combination of flavours; pear works so nicely with caramel and these cookies look really really delicious.
I adore the combination of pear and caramel and love the idea of making it into cookies! Think I might have to throw a few chocolate chips in there too, yum!