Tuesday, July 21, 2009

sandy's cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar, plus 1 tbsp
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour, plus 1/4 cup if dough is sticky
3/4 cups of cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
2 heath candy bars
1 bag of rolo caramels

Directions
1. preheat oven to 375. in a medium bowl, beat butter and sugars (brown and white) until fluffy. then add eggs and vanilla. beat well.

2. in a separate bowl, mix 2.5 cups of flour, cocoa, and baking soda. add flour mixture to sugar mixture a little bit at a time and blend well. if the dough feels too sticky, sprinkle in a little extra flour. cover and chill dough in fridge for about 30 minutes.

3. chop heath bars into small pieces. place in a small bowl and toss with 1tbsp sugar.

4. once dough has chilled, wrap a piece around each caramel, forming a 1 inch ball and covering the candy completely. dip top of the dough ball into the candy topping and place on parchment-lined baking sheet.

5. bake for 7-10 minutes. don't overbake - cookies will look quite soft, but don't overbake them. cool in pan slightly, then move to a rack or the counter to finish cooling.

6. enjoy!