Sea Salt Dulce De Leche Thumbprint Cookies Recipe by Tasty

Name: Sea Salt Dulce De Leche Thumbprint Cookies Recipe by Tasty
Cook time: 17 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 2 stick unsalted butter; 0.667 cup granulated sugar; 2 each egg yolks; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 0.25 tsp kosher salt; 2.5 cup all-purpose flour; 1 each can dulce de leche; 1 each coarse sea salt

Joelle Park · tasty.co · 2024 · Original Recipe

These Sea Salt Dulce De Leche Thumbprint cookies make for an impressive holiday dessert spread with minimal effort. The flaky shortbread cookie balances wonderfully with the rich dulce de leche for a

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

crispy

Ingredients

unsalted butter(softened)2 stick (226g)

granulated sugar0.667 cup (133g)

egg yolks2 each (36g)

vanilla extract2 tsp (8g)

kosher salt0.25 tsp (1g)

all-purpose flour2.5 cup (313g)

can dulce de leche1 each (30g)

coarse sea salt(for sprinkling on top)1 each (6g)

Total dough weight753g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: yolks only
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 15-17 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.5. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.38 (41th percentile)

Flour:Sugar2.34 (92th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.12 (25th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)

Fat %30.0 (100th percentile)

Sugar %17.7 (32th percentile)

Hydration0.12 (18th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.38

Flour:Sugar

2.34

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

0.12

Chocolate:Flour

Fat %

30.0

Sugar %

17.7

Flour %

41.5

Hydration