Caramel Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces melted cooled unsweetened chocolate squares
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 soft caramels, quartered
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 ounce melted cooled unsweetened chocolate
• 2 -3 tablespoons hot water
• chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• 2 add egg, milk, vanilla extract, and chocolate and stir.
• 3 combine together the flour, baking powder, and salt and then gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 4 cover dough and refrigerate overnight or for a few hours so it is easy to handle.
• 5 cut each caramel piece into fours.
• 6 shape about a tablespoon of dough around each caramel. be sure that all the caramel is completely covered and place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 7 bake at 400 for 6-8 minutes or until set.
• 8 cool cookies on wire rack.
• 9 for frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, chocolate, corn syrup and enough water to make a thick spreading consistency.
• 10 frost cookies and if desired, sprinkle with pecans.
• 11 when i made this recipe i was only able to make around 30 cookies, so if you want more cookies, use less dough around each caramel. watch baking time, because they bake up fast!