Chocolate Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
Here's a traditional thumbprint recipe with chocolate dough and caramel centers for delicious cookie any time of year.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 c cocoa powder
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 t vanilla
- 2 eggs separating the whites from the yolks
- 1 1/2 c walnuts finely chopped
- 20 caramels
- 2-4 tablespoons milk or cream
- 1/8 cup coarse salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Separate the eggs placing the yolks in a large mixing bowl and the whites in a large shallow bowl or pan.
- Chop walnuts and place in another large shallow bowl or pan.
- Add butter, sugar, vanilla and salt to the egg yolks. Mix well.
- Add flour in batches until well combined.
- Use a small cookie scoop or teaspoon to make ball of dough.
- cover them in the egg whites and then roll them into the nuts.
- Place them on a cookie sheet and bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove and press your thumb in the middle of each cookie.
- Place back into the oven for 7 more minutes.
- Remove and let cool.
- Meanwhile unwrap caramels and place in the microwave at 20-30 sec increments until they start to melt.
- Add milk or cream to thin out the caramel sauce.
- Spoon caramel into the middle of each cookie.
- Sprinkle with coarse salt.
Notes
The caramel starts to set up very quickly. Consider making it in 2 or 3 batches. You can reheat it in the microwave if it gets too thick to work with.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 469mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7g
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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