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Rolo cookies on a sheet of parchment

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Rolo Cookies

Recipe by becky

  • Total TimeAbout 3 hours
  • Yield18 3-inch round cookies 1x

A soft, bakery-style Rolo cookies recipe packed with milk chocolate and gooey caramel.

Ingredients

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288 grams all purpose flour (2 1/4 cups; 10 1/8 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
113 grams unsalted butter, softened (1/2 cup/1 stick)
100 grams dark brown sugar (1/2 cup)
100 grams granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
30 milliliters whole milk (2 tablespoons)
130 grams chopped milk chocolate or chocolate chips (1 cup; 4 1/2 ounces)
170 grams Rolo candies (about 32 candies), unwrapped and frozen for 1 hour


Instructions

Unwrap the Rolo candies. Arrange in a single layer on a tray or small plate. Freeze at least 1 hour, or overnight.

In a large bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt. Set aside.

Dry ingredients in bowl with a whisk

In a separate bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the softened butter on high speed until light and fluffy, about 30 seconds.

Whipped butter in a mixing bowl

Add the dark brown sugar and granulated sugar and mix on medium-high speed until well combined, about 30 seconds more.

Sugar and butter mixed in a bowl

Mix in the egg and vanilla bean paste.

Rolo cookie ingredients mixed in a bowl
Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Mix in the milk.

Flour added to cookie dough bowl

Adding milk to Rolo cookie dough

Rolo cookie dough in bowl

With a wooden spoon, stir in the chopped milk chocolate and the frozen Rolo candies.

Cookie dough in bowl with chopped chocolate and Rolo candy

Mixing bowl with Rolo cookie dough

Cover bowl with plastic wrap/clingfilm and refrigerate at least 1 hour, or overnight.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350° F  (176° C). Line a half-sheet rimmed baking tray with parchment or a silicone mat.

Half sheet tray lined with parchment

With your hands, portion the chilled dough into 1 1/2 – 2-inch balls. You should have about 18 total. Arrange half of the balls* on prepared tray, allowing space for the cookies to spread as they bake.

Balls of cookie dough on a tray

Bake in preheated oven for 14-17 minutes, or until gooey and lightly golden brown.

Rolo cookies on a tray

For perfectly round cookies, quickly reshape with a greased round metal cutter.

Reshaping cookies with a metal cutter

Cool on tray for 10 minutes, then arrange on a parchment-lined wire rack to cool completely.

Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

Store Rolo cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Freshly baked Rolo cookies

 

Notes

*Refrigerate remaining balls until ready to bake.

**Do not place hot cookies directly on wire rack or the caramel will adhere to the tray.

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