chocolate marshmallow cookies

i think i found this recipe while surfing the net a while ago. i just made these amazing cookies for the first time and they are addicting. when you make them, be prepared to have a lot of people ask you for the recipe.

jumbo marshmallows (about 20)
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

make the icing first so you can frost the cookies when warm.

to make the cookies, cream sugar, butter and vanilla. then add the egg and mix well. mix the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. add the milk and dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture alternating wet and dry. mix until well combined. drop tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8 min.

while these are cooking cut your marshmallows in half so you have short round marshmallows.

pull cookies out and set 1/2 a marshmallow on top of each cookie, cut side down, and return to the oven for 1 min. i squish the marshmallow down so they sit into the cookie.

once you take the cookies and marshmallows out of the oven, let them sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire baking rack with wax paper underneath. the next step gets a little messy.

drizzle the icing on the warm cookies.

icing

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 dash salt
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

melt the butter with the milk in the microwave then add the vanilla and almond extract. sift dry ingredients together. mix the dry into the wet ingredients. i use a hand held mixer. you should be able to drizzle the icing on the cookies so you might have to add more milk. but i thought the consistency was perfect as is. let the icing set on the cookies a couple of hours before serving.