Chocolate Thumbprints with Caramel and Sea Salt
"From Great Falls, Montana, Colette Tihista-Longin writes, "I found this cookie recipe in an old collection at a yard sale. The original recipe has a chocolate filling, but I adapted it to include caramel and sea salt several years ago. It's a hit every year at our cookie exchange." Despite the name for this style of cookie, the end of a wooden spoon makes a neater, deeper depression in the cookie than your thumb will...."
INGREDIENTS
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COOKIES
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1 cup flour
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Generous 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
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2/3 cup granulated sugar
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1 large egg yolk
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1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1/2 cup sparkling sugar or powdered sugar for rolling, or just leave plain
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CARAMEL*
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1 cup granulated sugar
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6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tbsp.-size chunks
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1/2 cup heavy cream
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1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus about 1/2 tsp. for sprinkling
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