ROLO-Filled Cookies

 

I bought a huge bag of assorted miniatures candy, and ROLOs were being left behind.  So, I decided to make ROLO-filled cookies!  

Preparing them was messy (the dough was sticky), but the end result was a chocolaty cookie with a creamy, caramel center.  Yum!

ROLO-Filled Cookies

Ingredients:

•  1 cup butter, softened
•  1/2 c sugar
•  1 c brown sugar, packed
•  2 large eggs
•  1 T vanilla
•  2 c flour
•  1 c cocoa, sifted
•  1 t baking soda
•  3/4 t kosher salt
•  35 ROLOs

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy.  
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.  
• Stir dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  
• Scoop approximately 2 T dough, and insert an unwrapped ROLO into the center, making sure dough completely covers the ROLO.  
• Place dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes.  
• Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.  

You can find the original recipe here on The Food Charlatan.