Caramel Creams Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

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
• 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

Recipe

• 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.