# salted caramel cookies

These salted caramel cookies are light and fluffy, topped with dreamy cream cheese frosting, homemade salted caramel, and flaky sea salt.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 stick butter
- 0.75 cup sugar
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 package cream cheese
- 1 stick butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- homemade salted caramel
- flaky sea salt

## Instructions

1. Add butter, sugar, and brown sugar to the KitchenAid mixer.
2. Mix the ingredients.
3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
4. Add eggs.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Mix the wet ingredients.
7. Add flour to the mixture.
8. Mix until a dough forms.
9. Scoop the cookie dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
10. For the frosting, add cream cheese, butter, and vanilla bean extract to the KitchenAid mixer.
11. Mix until creamy.
12. Add powdered sugar to the frosting mixture.
13. Mix until a perfect creamy consistency is achieved.
14. Once the cookies are baked, spread the cream cheese frosting on each cookie.
15. Drizzle homemade salted caramel on top of the frosting.
16. Spread the caramel evenly over the frosting.
17. Top with flaky sea salt.

## Equipment

- KitchenAid mixer
- spatula
- baking sheet
- ice cream scoop
- parchment paper

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKmfj1DMGDt/?igsh=MWJkY2luanc4emRnag==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a355476e-6158-409e-af96-0b3ce52895c8
- Extracted: 2025-08-27

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