: Cookies:
1/2 ts baking soda
1/4 ts salt
1 1/2 c dark brown sugar
1 c salted butter
2 lg eggs
2 ts vanilla extract
1 c chopped walnuts
1 c walnut halves
2 1/2 c all-purpose flour
: Glaze:
8 oz caramels
1/4 c heavy cream
Cookies: preheat oven to 300. In medium bowl, using a whisk, mix
together flour, soda and salt. Set aside. In large mixing bowl, using
an electric mixer, beat together sugar and butter. Mix to form grainy
paste. Scrape down sides of bowl when necessary. Add eggs and vanilla
and beat on medium until soft and lumpy. Add flour mixture and
chopped walnuts and mix on low just until combined. Do not overmix.
Drip cookie dough by rounded tablespoon 2 inches apart on ungreased
cookie sheet. Place 1 whole walnut half in center of each cookie.
Bake 25 minutes or until cookies begin to turn brown at the edges.
Transfer to a cool, flat surface.
Glaze: melt caramels with cream in small saucepan over low heat and
stir until smooth then remove from heat. Drizzle cooled cookies with
glaze in interesting patterns.
Yields
4 Servings