Caramel Delights - A Famous Knockoff Cookies

Caramel Delights A Famous Knockoff Cookies

From the kitchen of Claudia at What's Cookin Italian Cuisine
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1 cup butter softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoon heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Dipping chocolate for tops and bottoms of cookies approx. 2- 12 oz bags of semi sweet
1 bar paraffin wax Melt half a bar wax first in microwave then add the 1- 12oz bag of chocolate



Mix all ingredients to form a ball. Refrigerate overnight. Bring dough to room temperature. On a pastry board, roll out. Cut out with a two inch round cutter ( I used a linzer cutter) Cut out the middles using an apple corer. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 until edges of Cool on wax paper. After completely cooled dip bottoms into chocolate using 1 - 12 oz bag of semi sweet chocolate melted. Place cookies on wax paper lined cookie sheet and refrigerate until chocolate is cold.

In a microwave proof bowl melt a 12 0z bag of caramels with 4 tablespoons of heavy cream for three minutes, keep stirring till smooth and totally melted, add three cups of **toasted coconut ( see below for instructions), if while spreading it becomes cold or too hard reheat with more heavy cream a tablespoon at a time until spreading is easy, microwave for one minute at a time . Using a spoon, place caramel in the round part the circle, trying not to file the hole of the cookie. Place back in the refrigerator when you have coated all cookies. Melt more semi sweet chocolate and make thin stripes going in an M direction.

Note: I went to the dollar store and bought mustard and catsup squirt bottles. Worked like a charm. Poured the chocolate in the bottle and drizzled away...so easy~
Toasted Coconut : On a microwave proof pie plate (that has been lightly sprayed with cooking spray) spread 3 cups of coconut that has been finely processed in the food processor. Microwave stirring every minute up to three minutes till lightly browned. Oven method spread on parchment lined cookie sheet bake in 350 oven till brown and crisp also stirring frequently.