Chewy Caramel Mystery Cookies

These cookies are way delicious! My dad and Mason both agreed they are worth the extra effort! I got this recipe from an "Everyday Food" magazine.

Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup caramels (about 20), halved
- 1 cup roughly chopped candy bars (such as Mr. Goodbar, Kit Kat, etc.)
- 3/4 cup small chocolate candies (such as mini M&Ms)

First: preheat over to 350 with racks in upper and middle thirds. Chop up all the candy bars and set aside.

Second: in a medium bowl mix flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer,  mix butter and sugar on high until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture in small additions until well combined. Fold in caramels and candy bars.

Third: Using an ice-cream scooper, drop dough 2 inches apart on parchment-lined* baking sheets. Bake 6 minutes. Remove from oven; immediately press small chocolate candies into cookies, the rotate sheets and bake until golden brown around the edges and set in the centers, about 6 more minutes.

Fourth: Transfer cookies to wire racks by taking the whole sheet of parchment off the cookie sheet and laying it on the cookies rack. Enjoy!


*make sure you get baking parchment paper and not wax paper... have I made that mistake before? ...yeah maybe.