Salted Caramel Chocolate Sandwich Cookie

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon diamond crystal® fine sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for rolling
• salted caramel filling:
• 10 caramels (wrappers removed)
• 1/8 teaspoon diamond crystal® fine sea salt
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• ganache:
• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• cream together butter and sugar. add egg and vanilla extract and beat until well blended.
• whisk together flour, diamond crystal® fine sea salt, baking powder and baking soda in a separate bowl. add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. form in 2 balls. cover bowl with plastic wrap. refrigerate for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f. line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• roll out each ball to 1/4 inch thickness on a sheet of waxed paper sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. cut out circles or little shapes using a small 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter. place on prepared baking sheet. (note: if dough becomes too soft when rolling out, place back in the refrigerator.)
• bake 5 to 7 minutes. allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. remove cookies and place on wire rack to cool.
• salted caramel filling: use a microwave safe glass measuring cup. remove wrappers from caramels. add caramels, diamond crystal® fine sea salt, and heavy whipping cream to measuring cup. microwave using 20-second intervals, for approximately 1 minute. stir after each interval.
• chocolate ganache: use a 1 cup measuring cup. add 1/4 cup of heavy cream. microwave until the cream starts to bubble. (approximately 25-30 seconds.) remove the heavy cream from the microwave. add chocolate chips. let the mixture rest for 2 minutes. then stir with a spoon until smooth.
• to make sandwich cookies, add 1/2 teaspoon of caramel and 1/2 teaspoon of chocolate ganache to the bottom side of half the cookies. top with another cookie to make a sandwich cookie.