Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.8 cups brown sugar 
• 18  unwrapped caramel candies cut into 6 pieces (such as Werther's®)
• 2 cups chocolate chips 
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt 
• 2  eggs 
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup butter unsalted softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 0.3 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
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. Divide dough into thirty six 2 tablespoon-size balls; arrange on a baking sheet. Press 3 caramel pieces into each dough ball.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes.
6. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.