Chocolate Caramel Cookies |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 96 |
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I don't really care for cherries and I had a bag of caramels, so I addapted a chocolate cherry cookie recipe. Ingredients:
3 cups flour |
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
1 cup butter |
2 cups sugar |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 large eggs |
1 tablespoon vanilla |
48 caramels, cut in half |
2 cups semisweet chocolate pieces |
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk |
Directions:
1. Combine flour and cocoa.
2. Set aside.
3. Beat butter in a med bowl on med speed until softened.
4. Add sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
5. Beat until well mixed.
6. Beat in egg and vanilla, scraping the side of the bowl.
7. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
8. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
9. Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cooking sheet.
10. Press down the centers with your thumb.
11. Place a half caramel in the center of each cookie in the depression you made with your thumb.
12. Combine chocolate pieces and condensed milk in a small saucepan.
13. Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
14. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and milk mixture over each caramel, spreading to cover caramel.
15. Bake in a 350° oven for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookie is firm.
16. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
17. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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