choco-caramel pecan delights

How To Make choco-caramel pecan delights

• Step 1
  Beat together sugar, butter, egg yolk. milk and vanilla until well blended.
• Step 2
  Stir together flour, cocoa and salt. Blend into butter mixture.
• Step 3
  Chill dough for at least an hour or up to 2 weeks.
• Step 4
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees and either prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper ( which is what I use) or lightly grease them.
• Step 5
  Take reserved egg white and add 3 tablespoons of warm water and beat together.
• Step 6
  Shape dough into 1 inch balls roll in egg whites and then in pecans to coat, and place on prepared cookie sheets about 1 inch apart.
• Step 7
  Press your thumb gently into the center of each cookie.
• Step 8
  Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. ( check the bottom of the cookie, if it is lightly brown, you are ok)
• Step 9
  While the cookie is still hot, take a small slice off of your soft caramels and place in the center of each cookie, it will melt while your cookie cools.
• Step 10
  Carefully remove each cookie onto a wire rack until completely cooled.
• Step 11
  Take the 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and put them in a zip top bag and put them in a pot of hot not boiling water for about 10 minutes.
• Step 12
  Take the bag out of the water dry completely. Knead bag to make sure all the chips are melted.
• Step 13
  Cut a small corner off of the end of the bag and pip warm chocolate over the caramel to decorate.
• Step 14
  Wait until chocolate is set, then store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
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