Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1.75 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
• 0.25 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 18 unwrappeds caramel candies , such as Werther's®

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

3. 3

   Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter mixture until blended; beat in vanilla extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in chocolate chips.

4. 4

   Divide dough into thirty six 2 tablespoon-size balls; arrange on a baking sheet. Press 3 caramel pieces into each dough ball.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.