Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Found http://allrecipes.com/recipe/235458/salted-caramel-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Ingredients
30 m 36 servings 178 cals

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
18 unwrapped caramel candies (such as Werther's®), each cut into 6 pieces

Directions

Prep 15 m
Cook 15 m
Ready In 30 m

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter mixture until blended; beat in vanilla extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in chocolate chips.

Divide dough into thirty-six 2 tablespoon-size balls; arrange on a baking sheet. Press 3 caramel pieces into each dough ball.

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.


Cook's Note:
By strategically placing the caramels in the cookie dough ball instead of mixing it in the cookie dough itself, it allows for a prettier cookie and the caramel has less tendency to spill out onto the cookie sheet.