Caramel Thumbprints

I found this recipe in the December/January issue of Family Fun! I just love baking and nothing better than baking at Christmas time!

These were a great treat and very easy! I have made the thumprint cookies with hershey kisses but have never tried chocolate with rolos!

They were a great simple cookie, that the kids all loved!

Caramel Thumbprints

(December/January Family Fun magazine)

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• /14 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg,separated
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• rolos

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder and set aside (I didn't do this, I just added the dry ingredients after all the wet were mixed)

In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk, milk, and vanilla and mix until blended, about 1 minute. Add the flour mixture in two batches and beat until combined, about 1 minute.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 350. Roll 1 tbsp of the dough into a ball and place on a cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. With your thumb, make indentations in each ball in the center of it.

Bake for 10 minutes. When you remove from oven, immediately place a rolo on each cookie. Then place back in the oven for 4 minutes.

Grease the tines of a fork. When cookies are done, pull them out of the oven and use the fork to press each candy down a little to flatten. Place cookies on a wire cooking rack to cool and then enjoy!!