Caramel Creams Cookies

My Cousin JoAnn makes these and they are awesome! The cookie is short and nutty and the creamy filling is wonderful. JoAnn makes the most perfect cookies

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter (no substitutes)
• 2⁄3 cup  packed brown sugar
• 2  large  egg yolks
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄3 cup  finely chopped pecans
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• FILLING

• 2  tablespoons butter, plus
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons butter (no substitutes)
• 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 -3  tablespoons  whipping cream

Directions

1. Cookie: Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add egg yolks and vanilla.
3. Stir in flour and salt, then pecans.
4. After mixing ingredients shape into two 10- inch rolls and refrigerate for 2 hours
5. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-inch slices.
6. Bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Cool, then frost one side of a cookie and sandwich it with another.
8. Filling: Cream butter and sugar.
9. Add vanilla, then cream to reach nice spreading consistency.
10. Yield is approximate.