Snow Day Hot Cocoa Cookies

It’s a snow day! Work on schoolwork? Nah, instead it’s time to try a new recipe.

What better than hot cocoa cookies on a chilly snow day?

Ingredients:

Cookie

3/4 cup softened butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup instant hot cocoa mix

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

18 large marshmallows, cut in half

Glaze

1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

6 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons milk

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

Directions:

Nonfat milk powder and water can be mixed

as a substitute for evaporated milk.

Stale marshmallows can be softened

by putting them in the microwave

for a few seconds.

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine 3/4 cup butter and sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed. Add eggs, milk mixture and vanilla. Continue beating until mixed and then add flour, cocoa mix, salt, and baking soda. (I actually only had hot cocoa mix with marshmallows so I had to sift through and take out each one of the mini marshmallows- not so entertaining, but worth it.)

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto un-greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and top each cookie with marshmallow half (i cut my marshmallows using scissors). Continue baking for 1 to 2 minutes until marshmallow begins to puff. Cool completely.

Meanwhile, place powdered sugar into medium bowl; set aside. Combine all remaining glaze ingredients (1/4 cup of the milk) in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes. Pour mixture over powdered sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add the 1 1/2 teaspoons milk, mix, and then reheat the mixture in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.

Immediately spoon glaze over cooled cookies in a criss-cross pattern. Let the glaze harden and then store the cookies between sheets of waxed paper.

Warning: the dough is very loose and spreads quick. I made less (only 26), but bigger cookies. You can experiment to find what marshmallow to cookie ratio you like best.

I would make these again because they tasted pretty good and looked great, but they probably won't be come one of my go-to recipes.