chocolate caramel cookies

ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 t baking soda

1/2 t baking powder

pinch of salt

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 sticks of butter, room temp

2 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

rolo candies, unwrapped

sanding sugar, for dipping

directions

preheat oven to 375.

mix together butter and sugars.

add in eggs and vanilla and mix.

combine dry ingredients in a bowl, then mix with wet ingredients.

form some dough around a rolo and make into a little ball, about golfball size, making sure the candy is covered. 

press one side into the sugar, and place on baking sheet.

bake about 8-10 minutes.

you could also leave out the rolos and put something else inside, or just dip in sprinkles like ivy prefers. 

yum!

enjoy!

(i made these for a neighbor whose car i may or may not have hit in my own driveway. darn the luck!)