caramel filled

chocolate cookies

Source: , pg. 189

Yield: ??Cookies    Oven Temp: 375 F   Prep. Time: ??min.

Ingredients: 
2.5 Cup Flour (All Purpose)
3/4 Cup Cocoa (Unsweetened)
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Cup Sugar (Granulated)
1 Cup Sugar (Brown); Packed
1 Cup Butter (Softened)
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
2 Each Egg
1 Cup Pecans (Chopped)
9 Oz. Rolo chewy caramels
1 Tbs. Sugar Granulated

Instructions:
1. In small bowl combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda and blend well.
2. In large bowl beat 1-cup sugar, brown sugar and margarine until light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well.
4. Add flour mixture; blend well.
5. Stir in 0.5-cup pecans.
6. For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 Tbs. dough around 1 Rolo, covering completely.
7. In small bowl, combine remaining 0.5-cup pecans and 1 T sugar.
8. Press top of each cookie in nut/sugar mixture.
9. Place nut side up 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
10. Chill briefly.

11. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until set and slightly cracked.
12. Cool 2 min.; remove from cookie sheet.
13. Cool completely on wire rack.
Over baking results in leaky cookies and a huge mess!

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