Recipe: Perfect Salted Caramel Shortbread Cookies (Betty Crocker)

Salted Caramel Shortbread Cookies (Betty Crocker).

You can cook Salted Caramel Shortbread Cookies (Betty Crocker) using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Salted Caramel Shortbread Cookies (Betty Crocker)

1. It's of Cookies.
2. It's 1 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened.
3. Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
4. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
5. It's 3 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
6. Prepare of Topping.
7. You need 1 packages of (14 oz)h caramels, unwrapped.
8. You need 2 tbsp of milk.
9. Prepare 4 oz of semisweet baking chocolate, chopped.
10. It's 1 tbsp of butter.
11. You need 1 tsp of coarse salt.

Salted Caramel Shortbread Cookies (Betty Crocker) instructions

1. heat oven 350°.
2. large bowl: beat 1-1/2 cups butter with mixer until creamy. Beat in sugar and vanilla..
3. On low speed, beat in flour until blended..
4. Divide dough in half. Between two sheets wax paper, roll one portion dough 1/4 inch thick..
5. Cut with 2-1/2 inch round cookie cutter..
6. Place cutouts about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with second portion of dough..
7. Bake 12 to 14 mins or until barely lightly golden. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. cool completely..
8. Microwave caramels and milk uncovered on high 2 mins 30 secs, stirring every 30 secs until melted and smooth..
9. Frost each cookie with 1 tsp caramel mixture..
10. Microwave chocolate and 1Tbs butter uncovered on high 1 min 30 sec, stirring every 30 secs until melted and smooth..
11. Drizzle chocolate over caramel on each cookie. Sprinkle with salt. Let stand...