Choco-Caramel Cookies
Recipe from Family Circle

These scrumptious treats may look like a familiar Christmas cookie, but a butterscotch-flavored dough and the caramel-filled candies offer a sweet twist.


Choco-Caramel Cookies

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Servings: 4 dozen cookies
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Related Categories: Caramel Candy, Chocolate Cookies, Christmas Cookies, Christmas Party, Valentine's Day
 
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Ingredients
  • 48 
    caramel-filled chocolate candies (such as Hershey's Caramel Kisses)
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  • 1  cup (2 sticks)
    unsalted butter, softened
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  • 2  tablespoons
    butterscotch-flavored sundae syrup (such as Smucker's)
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  • 1-1/4  cups
    packed dark-brown sugar
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  • 2  teaspoons
    imitation butter flavoring
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  • 2 
    eggs
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  • 3-3/4  cups
    all-purpose flour
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  • 1/2  teaspoon
    salt
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  • 1/2  cup
    turbinado sugar (Sugar in the Raw)
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Directions
1.
Unwrap candies. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.
Beat butter, butterscotch syrup, brown sugar, and flavoring in a large bowl until well blended. Add eggs; beat well after each addition.
3.
Stir together flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Let dough rest, refrigerated, for 30 minutes. Shape 1 level tablespoonful of dough into 1-inch ball. Roll in turbinado sugar. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Repeat.
4.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 11 minutes per batch, or until set. Gently press an unwrapped candy piece in center of each cookie; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
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