Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies
By suekendrick
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS
- CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup milk
- 18 large marshmallows, cut in half
- 36 pecan halves
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 5 Tb. cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 3 Tb. butter, softened
- 4-5 Tb. light whipping cream
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- PREPARATION
- STEP 1
- Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder; set aside. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. Add the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time and mix well. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto a GREASED cookie sheet (I usually spray the sheet with Pam). Bake for 8 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Do not over bake. Remove the cookies from the oven and top each cookie with a marshmallow half; return to oven for 3 more minutes. Remove from the oven and remove the cookies to a cooling rack. Frost with chocolate frosting, then top each frosted cookie with a pecan half.
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Preparation
Step 1
Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder; set aside. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. Add the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time and mix well. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto a GREASED cookie sheet (I usually spray the sheet with Pam). Bake for 8 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Do not over bake. Remove the cookies from the oven and top each cookie with a marshmallow half; return to oven for 3 more minutes. Remove from the oven and remove the cookies to a cooling rack. Frost with chocolate frosting, then top each frosted cookie with a pecan half.
To make the CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
Mix together all ingredients and whip with an electric mixer or stir with a wire whisk.
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