Monday, November 14, 2011

Million-Dollar Caramel Cookies

Submitted by: June Shockley
Original recipe found in Parent Magazine

 Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar, plus 1 T.
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 t. vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour, plus 1/4 cup
  • 3/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • 2 heath candy bar (or buy bag of bits in baking section)
  • 1 bag rolo chewy caramels 
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 375. In a mediuim bowl, beat butter and sugars until fluffy, then add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
  • In seperate bowl, mix 2 1/2 cups flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture a little bit at a time and blend well. If the dough feels too sticky, sprinkle in a little extra flour. Cover and chill sough in fridge for about 30 minutes.
  • Chop heath bars into small pieces. Place in bowl and toss with 1 T. sugar
  • Once dough has chilled, wrap a piece around each caramel, forming a 1-inch ball and covering the candy completely. Dip top of the dough ball into the candy topping and place on parchment-lined baking sheet
Bake
  • 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes. Cookies will look quite soft, but do not overbake. Cool in pan slightly, then move to a rack or the counter to finish cooling. Store in covered container.


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