White Chocolate & Caramel

Here's a little recipe I mixed up for the Iron Chef:Blog Edition hosted by the lovely 20 going on 80. The two required ingredients are {white chocolate} and {caramel}

Both pretty standard ingredients, but they open up a whole world of possibilities. I took inspiration from two very popular Starbucks drinks, and concocted these cookies.

{White Chocolate Caramel Frappuccino Cookies}

Ingredients (made 32 smallish cookies): 

*1 1/4 cup flour

*1/2 teaspoon baking soda

*1/2 tsp salt

*1 stick unsalted butter, softened

*3/4 cup packed brown sugar

*1 egg

*1 teaspoon vanilla extract

*1 tablespoon instant coffee

*1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Steps:

*Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl

*In another bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar

*Beat in the egg, vanilla, and instant coffee

 *Add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time and mixing in between

*Fold in the white chocolate chips

*Spoon onto a cookie sheet (I used a melon baller)

*Bake at 350 degrees for about 6 minutes (they're small so they don't take much time)

While they're baking...

*Unwrap 10 caramels (or make your own caramel if you're fancy) and add 3 tablespoons of white chocolate chips

*Microwave for 1-2 minutes or until melted, stopping to stir the mixture about every 30 seconds

When your cookies are done...

*Pull them out of the oven and transfer to a cookie rack

*Drizzle the hot caramel mixture over them. Be careful not to burn yourself...hot caramel HURTS! (not that I would know from experience or anything haha)

*Try not to eat the entire batch by yourself...no seriously, I ate 2 1/2 dozen in a week and a half.

Happy Friday everyone!