CHOCOLATE CARAMEL THUMBPRINTS

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Categories     Cookies     Chocolate     Nut     Bake     Christmas

Yield 5 doz

Number Of Ingredients 15

8 oz. (2 sticks) butter
10.5 oz. (1 1/3 cups) sugar
2 egg yolks
4 Tbls whole milk
2 tsp. vanilla
10 3/4 flour
3 1/8 oz. cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups finely chopped hazelnuts
2 lg. egg whites
For the Caramel filing:
20 Caramel candies
4 Tbls heavy cream
For chocolate drizzle:
6 oz. semisweet chocolate chips, melted

Steps:

  • Beat Butter, Sugar, yolk and milk together until well Blended. Sift Flour, cocoa and salt together- stir in to butter mixture. Chill 30 min or overnight. Shape into balls Beat egg whites with 2 tsp water. Dip dough balls in egg whites, then roll in chopped nuts. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets, make thumb indent in each dough ball. Bake 10- 12 min Remove from oven and immediately press the centers again (use the handle of a wooden spoon) Cool the cookies Melt the caramels with the heavy cream and fill the centers of the cookies with caramel. Cool to set the caramel filling. Drizzle tops with melted chocolate. Do not skip this step - the drizzle helps to keep the caramel from sticking to other cookies

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