#2253 - Rolo Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup softened butter
1 cup + 1 TBSP white sugar
1 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans
1 - 13oz. bag Hershey's Rolo caramel/chocolate candies

In a mixer add butter, 1 cup white sugar and brown sugar--beat. Add eggs and vanilla--beat. Add cocoa and baking soda--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add 1/2 cup of the chopped pecans--stir with a wooden spoon. In a small bowl add the 1 TBSP white sugar and the other 1/2 cup chopped nuts--stir. Unwrap the Rolo candies. Shape 1 TBSP of dough around each Rolo candy, then roll each dough ball in the white sugar/nut mixture. Place them on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 to 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes or until the tops of the cookies crack.