The Best Salted Caramel Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Discover the ultimate Salted Caramel Chocolate Sandwich Cookie recipe! These petite treats with salted caramel and chocolate ganache are perfect for any sweet tooth. Easy to make and utterly delightful.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon Diamond Crystal® Fine Sea Salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup confectioners' sugar for rolling
Salted Caramel Filling:
- 10 caramels wrappers removed
- ⅛ teaspoon Diamond Crystal® Fine Sea Salt
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
Ganache:
- ⅓ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat until well blended.
- Whisk together flour, Diamond Crystal® Fine Sea Salt, baking powder and baking soda in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Form in 2 balls. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll out each ball to 1/4 inch thickness on a sheet of waxed paper sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Cut out circles or little shapes using a small 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Place on prepared baking sheet. (Note: If dough becomes too soft when rolling out, place back in the refrigerator.)
- Bake 5 to 7 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove cookies and place on wire rack to cool.
- Salted Caramel Filling: Use a microwave safe glass measuring cup. Remove wrappers from caramels. Add caramels, Diamond Crystal® Fine Sea Salt, and heavy whipping cream to measuring cup. Microwave using 20-second intervals, for approximately 1 minute. Stir after each interval.
- Chocolate Ganache: Use a 1 cup measuring cup. Add 1/4 cup of heavy cream. Microwave until the cream starts to bubble. (Approximately 25-30 seconds.) Remove the heavy cream from the microwave. Add chocolate chips. Let the mixture rest for 2 minutes. Then stir with a spoon until smooth.
- To make sandwich cookies, add 1/2 teaspoon of caramel and 1/2 teaspoon of chocolate ganache to the bottom side of half the cookies. Top with another cookie to make a sandwich cookie.