Chocolate Caramel Cookies

By marmar

Ingredients

• Combine next 3 ingredients in a bowl:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup + 1 tbsp. sugar, divided
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 3/4 - 3 cups flour
• 3/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
• 1 pkg. (13 oz.) rolo candies

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, 1 cup sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, cocoa, and baking soda mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans. Shape dough by tbsp. around each candy.

In a small bowl, combine remaining pecans and sugar. Dip each cookie halfway. Place with nut side up on cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees for 7 - 10 minutes, or until slightly cracked. Cool for 3 minutes. Then remove to wire racks to cool completely.