The second recipe I’ve made from my new Martha Stewart Cookies cookbook are the Surprise Cookies, chocolate cookies with a melted marshmallow under a fudgy frosting. These cookies were absolutely delicious and were a big hit at a recent party. I’ll definitely be making these again.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 large marshmallows, cut in half horizontally
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 t. cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup plus 2 T. milk
- 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Frosting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg, milk, and vanilla, and beat until well combined. Add reserved flour mixture; mix on low speed until combined.
- Using a tablespoon or 1 3/4-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto ungreased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake until cookies begin to spread and become firm, 8 to 10 minutes. (I think next time I'll only bake them 7 minutes)
- Remove baking sheets from oven, and place a marshmallow, cut-side down, in the center of each cookie, pressing down slightly. Return to oven, and continue baking until marshmallows begins to melt, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
- Spread about 1 tablespoon of frosting over each marshmallow, starting in the center and continuing outward until marshmallow is covered.
- Place confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Whisk in butter and cocoa powder. Add milk and vanilla, and whisk until well combined.
Chocolate Frosting
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I love to bake, especially cookies, cakes, and pies. I’ll post my adventures in the kitchen, my favorite new recipes, as well as our family favorites.
These were so good! Yours look yummy! My MIL saw them on my blog and wants them for herself! Of course, she wants me to bake them for her! LOL
This looks like a great cookie and easy too. perfect for using up those leftover marshmallows from camping! This recipe is tagged.
These look fantastic! That’s one I definitely want to try!
this is funny but i made those exact cookies last month! they were delicious, but when i cut mine i didn’t get those pretty layers like you.:(
Holy cow I wish I had a batch of these bad boys right now. They really do look perfect Barbara! Your picture is mouthwatering!
Oh wow! These look delicious!
Those cookies look mighty good and extremely scrumptious!
Cheers,
Rosa
Yummy!! After spending the whole day canning I now want to make these cookies…They look so good.
mmm…these look so yummy!
Just found your blog from your comment on Picky Palate…you’ve got some great stuff on here! : )
YUM! These look great! I love cookies that have over the top stuff on them like marshmallows AND chocolate frosting! So delicious!