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Caramel Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

Kara
Buttery shortbread cookies filled with caramel and topped with melted chocolate. If you love Twix candy bars, give these cookies a try!
4.80 from 5 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 41 minutes
Course Dessert: Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 128 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 15 caramels unwrapped
  • 1 ½ Tbsp milk
  • ¼ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in yolk and vanilla. Stir in the flour.
  • Roll in balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheets. Use the back of a round measuring spoon or your thumb to make an indentation in the middle of each cookie.
  • Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or till barely brown on the bottom. Let sit on pan for a couple of minutes, then remove to cooling racks.
  • Melt caramels and milk in the microwave in a small glass bowl. Fill each cookie with about half a teaspoon of caramel.
  • Melt chocolate chips in a ziplock bag in the microwave at half power. Drizzle over cookies.
  • Let cool completely before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 62mgPotassium: 32mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 202IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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