One of my favorite things about summer, and the occasional (and slightly dreaded) camping trip, is the chance to make S'mores. The only problem with this gooey, melted, delicious treat is getting the perfect combination of graham cracker, marshmallow and chocolate... and I love my chocolate! Then you have to worry about getting the marshmallow just right: not too gooey that it droops and falls into the dirt, not too burnt that it tastes like charcoal, and not too under-heated that it retains its fluffy shape when smooshed between chocolate pieces and graham cracker.
So, rather than trying to make a goopy, sticky mess in my kitchen, I opted for S'mores cookies, adapting the recipe from here. They turned out amazing! No overly crispy cookies for me, they were perfectly chewy and chocolatey. I can almost smell the campfire, can't you?
*Oops! Just realized I incorrectly wrote this recipe the first
time around. As of 7/11/11 it's correct!
Ingredients:1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 cups mini chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
2 king size hershey bars (roughly chopped)
Method:
1) combine butter and sugars in standing mixer until fluffy
2) then mix in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined
3) add flour, graham crackers, baking soda and salt and continue
to mix
4) fold in chocolate chips
5) refrigerate dough for 1 hour
6) roll dough into balls (about the size of 1 tbsp) and place on
lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart
7) bake at 375F for about 8 minutes
8) remove from oven and push 3-5 marshmallows and several Hershey
chunks into each cookie
9) return to oven and bake for another 3-5 minutes until
marshmallows have melted and browned
