Rolo Cookies

These are made by cooking a Rolo inside a chocolate cookie dough. On the outside it looks like a chocolate cookie. When you bite into it, you're surprised with chocolate and caramel.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

• 1 cup butter

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

• 48 Rolo candies, unwrapped (9 ounce package)

Instructions

1. Combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda; blend well.

2. In a separate bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.

3. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well.

4. Add flour mixture; blend well.

5. Stir in pecans.

6. For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 tablespoonful of dough around 1 Rolo, covering completely. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookies sheet.

7. Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Cool 2 minutes, remove from cookie sheet.