Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Name: Chocolate Caramel Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 5 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup baking cocoa; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup chopped pecans, divided; 1 package (13 ounces) Rolo candies

TOTAL TIME: Prep:25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling YIELD: 5 dozen.

This is my favorite recipe for bake sales and bazaars. Each delightfully sweet chocolate cookie has a fun caramel surprise in the middle, thanks to Rolo candy. Dipped in pecans before baking, they look so nice that they sell in a hurry. —Melissa Vannoy, Childress, Texas

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
1 package (13 ounces) Rolo candies

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream butter, 1 cup sugar and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture just until combined. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans.
2. Shape dough by tablespoonfuls around each candy. In a small bowl, combine remaining pecans and sugar; dip each cookie halfway.
3. Place with nut side up on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° until top is slightly cracked, 7-10 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 121 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 60mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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