Chocolate Caramel Rolo Cookies
Servings: 2 ½ dozen
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup margarine or butter softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- Rolo® Chewy Caramels in Milk Chocolate unwrapped
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda; mix well.
- In a large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, brown sugar, and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well. Add flour mixture; blend well. Stir in ½ cup pecans if using.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes for easier handling.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a Silpat.
- For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 Rolo candy, covering completely. **
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining ½ cup pecans and 1 tablespoon sugar. Press one side of each ball into pecan mixture. Place, nut side up, 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 10 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
Notes
*Omit nuts and 1 tablespoon sugar if you prefer. Slightly adapted from Pillsbury Bake Off recipe
**When making these cookies, it's important to place the Rolo near the top of the cookie dough. I like to use a #40 scoop and make a round ball. Then set the Rolo on top of the dough and push the dough up around the Rolo to cover it.
**When making these cookies, it's important to place the Rolo near the top of the cookie dough. I like to use a #40 scoop and make a round ball. Then set the Rolo on top of the dough and push the dough up around the Rolo to cover it.