Monday, April 18, 2011

Brownie Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookies - very soft, full of chocolate. I love them.

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
12-15 large marshmallows

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Sift together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Stir in milk. Drop by tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes - do not overbake. While they are baking, slice marshmallows in half. When the 9 minutes is up, quickly pull the cookies out and place one half of the marshmallow on top of each cookie, placing the uncut side face up. Put in the oven for 2-3 more minutes to melt the marshmallow. Remove and quickly smash the marshmallow slightly with the back of a spoon. When cooled, frost with chocolate frosting. I don't have a recipe, but I usually use about 3/4 a cube of butter, slightly melted. Then I add about 1/4 cup of cocoa, 2 cups powdered sugar, and 1 Tablespoon of milk. Stir together good and then add more powdered sugar and milk until you reach the consistency you want. You want a very spreadable frosting - not too stiff or the marshmallow will smear everywhere.