Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 Cup crisco
• 1 Cup sugar plus 1/2 Cup sugar for rolling
• 1/2 Cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 2 unbeaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 Cup semisweet chocolate chips melted
• 2 Cups flour
• 2/3 Cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 15 marshmallows cut in half

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Cut all the marshmallows in half with a clean pair of kitchen scissors, and place them in the freezer while preparing the cookie dough.
3. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
4. In a mixer, cream together the sugar, brown sugar and crisco.
5. Slowly add in the 2 unbeaten eggs one at a time.
6. Add in the vanilla. Mix together well.
7. Slowly add in the dry ingredients.
8. In a small glass dish, melt the semisweet chocolate chips in the microwave. Add this melted chocolate into the cookie dough
9. Mix the cookie dough together well.
10. Working one cookie at a time, pinch out about a tablespoon size ball of cookie dough.
11. Flatten the cookie dough in your hand and place one half piece of marshmallow in the center.
12. Wrap the cookie dough around the marshmallow, sealing it into a small cookie dough ball.
13. Roll the cookie dough ball around in a small bowl of sugar (about 1/2 cup of sugar), coating it with sugar on all sides.
14. Repeat these steps to make each cookie.
15. Place about 12 cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet.
16. Bake at 400 for 4 1/2 to 5 minutes. They only bake for a short time, so don't forget to set your oven timer. Remove from oven and let cool on the pan. Enjoy!

Recipe by Kami

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