Twix Sugar Cookies

Yield: 6 twix sugar cookies // Total Time: 30 min. // Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links.

Melt-in-your-mouth brown sugar cookies topped with salted caramel sauce and chocolate.

Twix sugar cookies

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Why do you post small batch recipes?

I love making small batch bakes because they are the perfect size myself and others who don’t have a lot of people to bake for in their home. Small batch helps cut down on waste and eliminates the feeling that all that excess dessert MUST be eaten. Here on my blog I post a lot of small batch bakes but I will throw in the occasional “standard” batch recipe (and some bundt cakes.) Most of my recipes can easily be doubled or tripled to fit your need, so long as you use grams to measure!

Recipe Tips

Weigh your ingredients

• Weighing your ingredients is important for getting the recipe perfect and getting consistent results. Not weighing your ingredients can lead to adding too much or too little of an ingredient. In a small batch recipe it is especially important to get those correct measurements because there is less room for error. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend purchasing a kitchen scale. This one is super cheap and worked well for me when I was starting out!

Room temperature ingredients

• It is important that the butter, egg yolk, and milk are at room temperature so that they incorporate properly with the rest of the ingredients. Make sure you take them out at least 30 minutes, and up to 1 hr. 30 minutes before starting the cookies.

Mix the dough carefully

• When adding in the flour, only fold the mixture just until no flour streaks remain. Overmixing the dough leads to more gluten formation, which can make the cookies super tough and chewy.

Under bake for perfect cookies

• Cookies continue baking after they have been taken out of the oven. The cookies may look a little underdone at 10 minutes, but it’s important to take them out to keep them nice and soft. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for an additional 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.

Cookie scooting

• The secret to perfectly round cookies? It’s cookie scooting! Right when the cookies come out of the oven, take a bowl, cup, or biscuit cutter that is just slightly larger than your cookies and place it over one of the cookies. Gently swirl the bowl around the cookie to make the cookie perfectly round (and slightly thicker). And that’s all there is to it!

Ingredients and substitutions

All purpose flour: for structure and chewiness.

Baking powder: for helping the cookies rise.

Salt: to help balance and bring out the sweetness of the cookies

Unsalted butter: for tenderness and flavor. You can use salted butter in place of the unsalted, just be sure to omit the extra salt from the cookies. We will use some butter in the cookie dough, and some in the cheesecake filling.

Powdered sugar: for sweetness and for keeping the cookies extra soft and chewy.

Light brown sugar: for sweetness and for moisture.

Egg yolk: for binding and for moisture.

Milk: for moisture. I use whole milk but since you will only need 1 tbsp. here, feel free to substitute in your favorite milk or dairy alternative!

Vanilla: for flavor. I use and love this vanilla extract!

Salted caramel sauce: you can use store-bought caramel sauce, but I highly recommend making your own. I have this super easy and delicious salted caramel sauce which takes just about 15 minutes to make! It will make more than you need for this recipe but it will freeze for months super well, which is really just an excuse to keep making these cookies!

Semi-sweet chocolate chips: for melting and putting on top of the cookies. Feel free to use milk chocolate or dark chocolate as well!

Vegetable oil: optional, but a tiny drop of vegetable oil in your melted chocolate will make all the difference with how it shines. You can use any neutral oil here as well.

How to: twix sugar cookies

Here are the steps to follow to make these cookies. You can find the complete recipe (which is printable!) at the end of this blog post.

1. Make the salted caramel sauce. If you want to make this delicious homemade salted caramel sauce, I would recommend making it first so it has time to cool off. It can be prepped up to one week in advance and stored in the fridge. It can also be made and stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.

2. Cream together the butter and sugar. It’s super important to cream together the butter and sugar to incorporate air into the dough. If the butter is soft enough, you can do this by hand but I recommend using a hand mixer. Afterwards, beat in the egg yolk and vanilla.

3. Fold in the dry ingredients. Use a rubber spatula to gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, folding only until no flour streaks remain.

4. Bake. Use a 3 tbsp. cookie scoop to dish out the cookies on to a silicone or parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 350°F / 175°C.

5. Indent the cookies. Use the bottom of a very small bowl or shot glass (~2″ / 5 cm.) to push down into the center of the cookies right when they come out of the oven. If the edges become a little misshapen, just push them back together!

6. Fill with caramel and chocolate. Top with salted caramel and chocolate. Drizzle extra chocolate and chocolate chips on top as desired. Serve and enjoy!

Twix sugar cookies Q & A

Can I double these small batch twix sugar cookies?

• Of course! Obviously they will not be small batch anymore but small batch isn’t always what we need! I even more strongly recommend measuring by weight if you are going to double the recipe for the best results.

Can I make these cookies ahead of time?

Definitely! Cookie dough only gets better with time. You can keep the cookie dough tightly covered in the fridge for up to 3 days before baking. Just be sure to take the dough out of the fridge at least 30 minutes to 1 hour before you want to bake, so that it becomes soft enough to scoop again!

How to store these cookies

• Like most baked goods, these cookies will definitely taste the best on the day that they are baked. They will last for up to 5 days stored in an airtight container in the fridge. Please note that they do need to be stored in the fridge due to the salted caramel sauce on them.

Why do you measure in grams?

My recipes are all written in grams because it is the most accurate way to bake. When you use a kitchen scale, you ensure that your baked goods turn out as close to the written recipe as possible. Plus, the cleanup is way easier when using a scale! I will provide standard cup measurements but please note that I have not tested the recipe using cup measurements and therefore can not guarantee your recipe will come out how mine did. Here is my favorite kitchen scale, and here’s an article about why I use a kitchen scale, and why you should too!

A note on oven temperature

Ovens vary and fluctuate in temperature. For example, I always have to set my oven to 330°F if I want it to bake at 350°F. If you love to bake like I do, I highly recommend getting an oven thermometer. They are super helpful for letting you know when your oven might be lying to you! I use this one.

Tools and ingredients

You can find all my favorite tools and ingredients that I use on my Amazon Storefront page, here!

Did you make these twix sugar cookies?

If you made these small batch twix sugar cookies I would love to see them and know your thoughts! Please leave a comment and review down below, and tag me on Instagram @freshbeanbakery. If you have any questions about the recipe I will gladly do my best to answer them in the comments below!