Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1/3 cup sugar
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1/3 cup brown sugar
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1 large egg, yolk and white separated
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 cup flour
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1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
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12 caramels, unwrapped
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2 tablespoons hazelnut-flavored liquid coffee creamer or 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Mix butter, sugars, egg yolk, creamer or milk.
- and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda gradually add to flour mixture.
- Cover and chill, which has to be done or you`ll have flat cookies!
- Melt caramels with cream in micro wave of double boiler stirring till melted and creamy.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and roll into 24 balls.
- Dip into light beaten egg white then roll into nuts.
- Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- Make indentations with thumb in center of each cookie.
- Pour in melted caramel and bake in a 350° oven for 10-12 minutes.
- Melt chips and butter in micro or double boiler.
- Drizzle on cooled cookies.
- Let firm up and enjoy!