25DoCC2012-Chocolate Rolo cookies

I first tried this recipe a few years ago and it's rapidly becoming one of my favorites. It's fairly simple but you feel like you're getting a lot from one cookie because it has a gooey caramel center and crunchy nut topping. 

December 2, 2012-Chocolate Rolo cookies

Ingredients: 

1/2c butter, softened
1/2c crisco
1c + 1tbs sugar, divided
1c packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
2 1/2c AP flour
3/4c baking cocoa
1tsp baking soda (orange box)
1 1/4c chopped pecans
1 pkg Rolo candies, unwrapped (13oz)
4oz white chocolate

Directions: 

1. Cream butter, crisco, sugar, and brown sugar
2. Add eggs one at a time then beat at medium speed for 1-2min until the mixture becomes lighter
3. Beat in vanilla and gradually add dry ingredients
4. +/- Stir in 1/2c chopped pecans (my family disagrees on nuts so I skip this step)
5. Shape a tbsful of dough around each candy and roll into a ball
6. Dip each cookie into a combo of the left over pecans and sugar and place on greased or non-stick cookie sheet
7. Bake @ 375 for 8-10min, until tops start to crack
8. Drizzle cooled cookies with melted white chocolate (I lined the cookies up on a baking sheet covered with saran wrap and then drizzled with a knife-don't use a fork it doesn't work as well, it just makes big blops of chocolate)
Yield: ~5 dozen


The Verdict:
-They were delicious, I already knew this but everyone else enjoyed them too.


Original Recipe from: "Taste of Home Best Loved Cookies and Bars"