Surprise Cookies

By HoneyB

I have been eying this recipe from Martha Stewart's Cookies book since I got it. Today was my day and how happy I am that it was! Some chocolate cookies with marshmallow center and chocolate fudge type top - perfect for comforting oneself whilst being lazy on your couch!

Ingredients

• For the cookie:
• 1-3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp coarse salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temp
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup 2% milk
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 15 about 15 marshmallow, halved crosswise
• For the frosting:
• 3 cups confectioner's sugar
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
• 1/4 cup plus 1-1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 plus 2 tbsp 2% milk
• 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

Details

Adapted from shelbymaelawstories.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375. Make cookies: Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.

Put butter and sugar into bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium,-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-low; mix in egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix in flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, until combined.

Drop dough by tablespoons onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until firm, 8-10 minutes. Immediately press a marshmallow half on top of each cookie. Bake until marshmallows begin to melt, 2 minutes more. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

Make frosting: put confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Melt butter with the cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Add butter mixture to the confectioner's sugar. Whisk in milk and vanilla.

Spread about 2 tablespoon of frosting on top of each cookie to cover marshmallow. Let stand until set, about 10 minutes. Cookies can be stored in single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 days.