Caramel Graham Cookies (Print Version)

# Ingredients:

→ Cookie Base

01 - Softened butter (½ cup)
02 - White sugar (⅓ cup)
03 - Dark brown sugar (¼ cup)
04 - One egg
05 - Pure vanilla (1 teaspoon)
06 - Regular flour (1⅓ cup)
07 - Crushed graham crackers (1 cup, roughly 7 sheets)
08 - Pinch of salt (¼ teaspoon)
09 - Baking soda (¼ teaspoon)
10 - Baking powder (½ teaspoon)
11 - Extra crushed graham crackers for rolling (⅓ cup, about 2 sheets)

→ Cheese Topping

12 - Soft cream cheese (4 oz)
13 - Room temperature butter (4 tablespoons)
14 - Confectioners sugar (1 cup)
15 - Vanilla flavoring (1 teaspoon)

→ Final Layer

16 - Smooth caramel (¼ cup)
17 - Flaky sea salt

# Instructions:

01 - Get your oven hot at 350°F and put parchment on your cookie sheet
02 - Beat the butter and sugars together, then add the egg and vanilla. Stir in the flour, graham bits, salt, baking soda and powder until barely mixed
03 - Make 8 balls of dough, coat them in the extra graham crumbs, then press them down to ½ inch thick on your lined baking sheet
04 - Let them cook for 10 minutes, then leave them on the sheet for another 10 before moving to a cooling rack
05 - Mix the cream cheese with butter until creamy, then put in the powdered sugar and vanilla and whip it for about 2-3 minutes until it's light
06 - Squeeze frosting onto the cold cookies, drizzle each with ½-1 teaspoon of caramel and add a tiny bit of sea salt on top

# Notes:

01 - Ready-made caramel works just as well as homemade
02 - Keep them in a sealed container in your fridge for up to 5 days
03 - Tasty whether cold or at room temp
04 - Similar to the popular Crumbl Cookie style