Chocolate Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
2 1/2 dozen
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 egg, separated
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄3 cup baking cocoa
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Filling
- 12 -14 caramel candies
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
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Drizzle
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
directions
- In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and milk.
- Combine flour, cocoa, and salt; add to creamed mixture.Refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Beat egg white.Dip balls into egg white and roll in the nuts.
- Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
- Make a 3/8 - 1/2 inch indentation in the center of each ball with the end of a wooden spoon (or your thumb!).
- Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Remove to cool on wire racks.
- In a heavy saucepan, melt caramels with cream over low heat; stir until smooth.
- Using 1/2 tsp caramel mixture, fill each cookie.
- Melt chocolate chips and shortening in microwave; drizzle over cookies.
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I am a married stay at home mom (former teacher) with two little girls. I enjoy cooking but love baking even more! (My husband certainly doesn't complain!) All the girls in my family and I all enjoy exchanging recipes and trying them out on our families. Taste of Home and Betty Crocker were my original kitchen/recipe resources - now I am a Zaar-aholic! I love trying out new recipes and my family does too! It brings me great joy and is a personal goal of mine to be able to offer a meal or a treat to any guest that comes in my door.