CHOCO-CARAMEL PECAN DELIGHTS

Steps:

• 1. Beat together sugar, butter, egg yolk. milk and vanilla until well blended.
• 2. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt. Blend into butter mixture.
• 3. Chill dough for at least an hour or up to 2 weeks.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and either prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper ( which is what I use) or lightly grease them.
• 5. Take reserved egg white and add 3 tablespoons of warm water and beat together.
• 6. Shape dough into 1 inch balls roll in egg whites and then in pecans to coat, and place on prepared cookie sheets about 1 inch apart.
• 7. Press your thumb gently into the center of each cookie.
• 8. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. ( check the bottom of the cookie, if it is lightly brown, you are ok)
• 9. While the cookie is still hot, take a small slice off of your soft caramels and place in the center of each cookie, it will melt while your cookie cools.
• 10. Carefully remove each cookie onto a wire rack until completely cooled.
• 11. Take the 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and put them in a zip top bag and put them in a pot of hot not boiling water for about 10 minutes.
• 12. Take the bag out of the water dry completely. Knead bag to make sure all the chips are melted.
• 13. Cut a small corner off of the end of the bag and pip warm chocolate over the caramel to decorate.
• 14. Wait until chocolate is set, then store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.