Salted Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Serves: 2 dozen cookies, freezes well.

Prep Time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 10-12 min

Total:  25 min

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
5 tbsp. butter or margarine
7 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
15-20 soft caramels, halved or quartered and rolled into balls
coarse sea salt, to garnish (optional)

Directions

1. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour and baking soda.  Set aside.
3. In a small saucepan, melt butter.  Remove from heat and stir in cocoa powder and sugars.  The mixture will be quite dry and sandy looking.
4. Add yogurt and vanilla to the cocoa mixture and stir to combine.  Add to flour mixture, stirring until moist.
5. Wrap about a tablespoon of cookie dough around one or two caramel balls.  Place cookies on the prepared baking sheet, gently press to flatten, then sprinkle with a tiny bit of sea salt.
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes.  Remove pan from oven and let cookies cool for 2-3 minutes on the pan, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
7. Store in an airtight container, or freeze for later.

Recipe from twopeasandtheirpod.com