Chocolate Caramel Delights
- 12 cup butter or 12 cup margarine, softened
- 23 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 13 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 16 vanilla caramels, unwrapped
- 3 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 14 cups finely chopped pecans
- 12 cup semisweet chocolate piece (3 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon shortening
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar and beat well.
- Separate egg, setting the egg white aside to use in step 4.
- Beat in egg yolk, milk and vanilla.
- In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat until well combined.
- Chill the cookie dough in plastic wrap for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- In a small saucepan, heat and stir caramels and whipping cream over low heat until mixture is smooth.
- Set aside.
- Shape the dough into 1-inch balls.
- Slightly beat reserved white.
- Roll the balls in egg white, then in nuts to coat.
- Place 1 inch apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Using your thumb, make an indentation in center of each cookie.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 10 minutes or until edges are firm.
- Spoon some melted caramel mixture into indentation of each cookie.
- Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
- (If necessary, reheat caramel mixture to keep it spoonable.)
- In another saucepan, heat and stir chocolate pieces and shortening over low heat until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
- Let cool slightly.
- Transfer the chocolate mixture to a self-sealing plastic bag.
- Close bag and cut a small hole in one corner of it.
- Drizzle cookies with chocolate mixture.
- Let stand until chocolate is set.
- Makes 36 cookies.
- Makes 36 cookies.
- Prep: 30 minutes.
- Chill: 2 hours.
- Bake: 10 minutes per batch.
butter, sugar, egg, milk, vanilla, flour, cocoa, salt, vanilla caramels, whipping cream, pecans, chocolate, shortening
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-caramel-delights-196722 (may not work)