Smores cookies

My latest treat for work was a request from my hubby, Rob, who saw these smores cookies in a store.  A graham cracker like cookie, topped with melted chocolate and a toasted marshmallow.

So that is what I made today.  I have to be honest, putting a toasted marshmallow on top was no easy on some of these and I have no idea why!

A little messy with the marshmallow on top

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And, I recommend chilling these individual doughs a few hours or overnight.  I might make these a little bigger next time and make them a little flatter too.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup crisco (or butter flavor crisco)
  • 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • Milk chocolate
  • Large marshmallows

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco, and brown sugar.  Blend in eggs and vanilla.  Fold in dry ingredients and graham cracker crumbs. 

Scoop out 2 tbs of dough, roll into a ball and slightly flatten.  Chill a few hours or overnight.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Stagger cookies on sheet, like below.

Bake 10 to 11 minutes, no longer.  They will be a little gushy on top.  It is ok.  Let them cool a bit and pop them in the fridge to firm them up. 

While their cookies are baking, melt your chocolate.  I melted some milk chocolate chips for most of them.  I ran out of that and called an audible and melted some Reese’s eggs for the final 6.

To toast marshmallows – preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  I sprayed a little pam on the parchment paper.  Bake these 5 to 7 minutes or until the marshmallows are as toasted as you want.

Take a cookie and lay it on a flat surface.

Top with melted chocolate.

I sprayed my hands with pam and place a marshmallow on top.  Sometimes I did a fine job.

Other times, I did not.

Store in covered container. 

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Brownies stuffed with a whole lotta stuff

These brownies are a creation of my hubby, who discovered “junk bars” at a local cafe. They seemed to be a layer of brownies, topped with magic cookie bars, oreos, marshmallows and then another layer of brownies. So I went to work and tried to make the same thing.

These are very thick. They took 45 to 50 minutes to bake.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Brownies ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups flour

Directions – line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. in a bowl, combine melted butter, baking cocoa and sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Spread half of mixture evenly in bottom of prepared pan.

  • Magic cookie bar layer
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 3/4 cup coconut
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Pieces of oreos
  • Marshmallows

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Add graham cracker crumbs. Blend in chips and coconut. Spread evenly over brownie dough.

Top with pieces of marshmallows and oreos.

Then drop blobs of remaining brownie batter on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs) cool and top with melted chocolate.

Store in covered container.

Smores brownies

A little story about these brownies. Rob decided to go to a local bakery (!) And buy a treat. He got this smores brownie thing that he said was not good. So he asked if I could make him some. These are pretty easy. I made homemade brownies, but you can certainly use a boxed mix for your brownies base.

These were hard to cut the way i made them. (Baked the brownies, immediately sprinkled with chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, and cut up marshmallows). I think next time, I would cut the cooled brownies individually, then top them with melted chocolate, crushed graham crackers, and toasted marshmallows.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (do the same for your baking cocoa). Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking

  • Ingredients
  • 10 tbs butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Marshmallows, mini or cut into pieces
  • Graham crackers broken into pieces
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – line an 8×8 or 9×9 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar, brown sugar and baking cocoa. Add eggs, yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour, cornstarch and salt. Mixture will be thick. Spread in prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (until toothpick inserted on center comes out with a few moist crumbs). You can do the topping one of two ways

1) sprinkle hot brownies with 1 cup milk chocolate chips, 4 graham crackers broken into pieces and 2 cups mini marshmallows. Broil on low 3 to 5 minutes. Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.

2) cool brownies completely. In a pan sprayed with pam, toast marshmallows by broiling on low for 5 minutes Cut into pieces. Top with melted chocolate chips. Crushed graham crackers and toasted marshmallows. Store in covered container.

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