I started this blog to write about how my favorite foods are intertwined with my life. Not sure why it took me so long to write about the s'more cookies, but here they are! If there is one recipe that follows me everywhere, it's these cookies. No other cookie comes out of my kitchen because these are my signature.
When I first started researching food blogs (i.e., looking at Tastespotting and Food Gawker at least 3 times a day) I saw a picture of this cookie. And it was love at first sight!!!! As a child we would take little marshmallows and roast them over the gas stove fire. Then search for anything chocolate and/or graham crackers. Luckily my mom always bought us chocolate covered graham cracker cookies, which are a perfect base for a s'more when you're desperate. Since I'm not a camper, I didn't usually eat real s'mores. These cookies will satisfy that craving, and possibly destroy your love of regular s'mores. Not to brag, or anything.
I bring these cookies all over the place. Baby showers, get-togethers with family and friends, trips, vacations, parties at the office, any occasion where BJ and I are in the car for more than an hour... This past weekend I took them with me to the Ad2Houston retreat in Galveston, which was so much fun! And I'm glad I ate a bunch before I left the house so there would be some left for when we got there. Or else the car-ride-munchies would have kicked in!
BEST COOKIE RECIPE EVER!!!
S'more cookies
3/4 cup softened butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup graham cracker crumbs*
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
2 Hershey bars, chopped up*
*I crush these in a food processor, super easy! But they need to be as fine as possible or the dough will crumble after baked.
*Not a huge fan of Hershey's milk chocolate, so I buy a bag of Dove dark chocolates for the top. I use a little over half the bag.
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
In a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugars until fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla until combined. Add the flour, graham crackers, salt, and baking soda, and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheets (I didn't use parchment, and one tray of cookies stuck a bit to the sheet, but the other was fine, so you may want to use parchment just in case). Bake for 6 minutes, and remove from the oven. Push 3 to 4 marshmallows and a few pieces of hershey bar into each cookies. Return to the oven and bake an additional 5-6 minutes until fully cooked. Cool cookies for 10 or 15 minutes. Unless you like melted chocolate like me. Then risk burning your mouth for a fresh one!
Makes 3 dozen normal-sized cookies, or 2 dozen big ones.
Just writing this makes me want to bake them right now!
