Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
a delicious sweet treat that tastes like "hot chocolate" in a cookie!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup 1 cup thick sour milk
- 36 big marshmallows, cut in half
Frosting
- 1 tablespoon Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 5-6 tablesppons milk
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. Set aside.
- Beat together the shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Add flour mixture alternately with the sour milk.
- Drop batter by spoonful onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes.
- Top each cookie with a marshmallow half and return to oven for 2 minutes to soften.Combine all ingredients and beat together until smooth.
- Once cookies are cooled, spread over tops covering marshmallows.**sour milk: Place 1 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar in measuring cup.
- Fill with milk to make one cup. Let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes. Should be thick and lumpy.*