Salted Caramel Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Recipe

Have yous noticed the increase inwards 'homemade oreos' that are inwards bakeries these days?  I decided that instead of trying to replicate the already perfect oreo cookie, I would displace to brand a sandwich cookie amongst a unlike filling.  What could live ameliorate than salted caramel?  You tin brand these for whatever fourth dimension of the year- I simply happened to remove i concluding excuse to utilization my Fall Acorn together with Leaf cutters earlier I deed on to Holiday baking...

These chocolate cookies aren't besides sweet... to a greater extent than of a sophisticated cookie- so, the buttery sugariness together with salty caramel is simply the perfect compliment.  They are peachy later on dinner cookies amongst a Pumpkin Spice coffee or fifty-fifty for breakfast, if yous dare...

For the recipe for the Pumpkin Spice Latte/Coffee, click here!

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
with Salted Caramel Filling

3/4 loving cup all-purpose flour
1/3 loving cup cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
half dozen tablespoons butter, softened
1 loving cup powdered sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa together with salt.  In a mixer amongst the paddle attachment, whip together butter together with powdered sugar.  Add flour mixture.  Incorporate egg together with vanilla.  Form into ii disks, roll inwards plastic roll together with chill for 1 hour.

Remove plastic together with gyre i of the disks out onto a floured board to a 1/4 inch thickness.  Cut shapes.  Place cookies on a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet.  Brush off excess flour.  Bake at 325 for 8-10 minutes until firm.

Sandwich the cookies amongst cooled Salted Caramel Filling...

Salted Caramel Filling


1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 loving cup water
1 loving cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon of class Sea Salt

In a heavy bottomed saucepan, stir together carbohydrate together with water.  Heat over medium depression until carbohydrate dissolves.  Swirl the pan to stir mixture.  Turn the rut upward to medium together with convey to a boil allow the mixture railroad train until it is a low-cal chestnut brownish color, nearly 5-7 minutes.   Be careful non to allow it sack - it tin hap really quickly, particularly if the rut is besides high.  The mixture should live thick together with bubbly.  Remove from heat.

With whisk, stir inwards heavy cream - live careful, the mixture volition bubble up!  Continue stirring to combine.  Simmer over depression rut until the cooked carbohydrate melts into the cream together with they are incorporated, nearly 2 minutes.  Stir inwards salt.  Let the mixture cool until it is the correct consistency for the cookie filling.

Chill the dough inwards plastic wrap.

Roll it out onto a floured surface.

Cut shapes - these cookies run best every bit minor cookies. 

I similar to utilization silpat baking liners on my baking sheets - they never sack on the bottom together with are really slow to construct clean up.

Bake simply until firm.

I similar to seat the caramel filling into a pipage handbag to arrive a neater process.   Isn't the caramel a beautiful color?

Make certain yous buy the farm the caramel to a expert thick, but even together with thence spreadable consistency.   Make certain it is non besides runny - or it volition simply run off of the cookie!

Yum!

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