Sandies by the Sea

Name: Sandies by the Sea
Yield: Makes about 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup, pecans, toasted; 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2/3 cup packed (4 2/3 ounces), light brown sugar; 1 , large egg; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 25 , soft caramel candies; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 1/2 cup (3 ounces), bittersweet chocolate chips; , coarse sea salt

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

Contest Recipes

It's hard to beat the combination of chocolate, melted caramel candies, and crispy sea salt.

SERVESMakes about 4 dozen cookies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 1¾ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We love the combination of bittersweet chocolate and rich, sweet caramel in Sandies By The Sea, but making caramel from scratch can be difficult and finicky. Instead, we opted to use caramel candies that we melted with cream over low heat. ...

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