Smores Cookies

Summer is a great time to pack up and head to the lake for a weekend of camping. Drew and I like to grab our fishing poles and head out for a relaxing time that is void of computers, cell phones, and other distractions. After a few hours of fishing, we will come back to our campsite and start a fire. We cuddle up to each other with a cold beer and get ready to make some smores. Nothing is better than real, campfire smores.

But sometimes it's not always so easy to get out of town and roast marshmellows so this recipe serves as an option when you're camping in suburbia.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour


• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs


• 1 teaspoon baking soda


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1 dash of cinnamon


• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened


• 3/4 cup sugar


• 3/4 cup brown sugar


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 2 eggs2 cups miniature chocolate chips


• 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows


• 2 Hershey bars, broken into mini 'bars'

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.


• In a medium bowl combine the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, salt, and dash of cinnamon.


• In a second larger bowl beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy.


• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.


• Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips.


• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.Bake for 8 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 3-4 minutes until fully cooked.


• Cool cookies on a wire rack.

These were really tasty. Although if you're looking for a big, fluffy cookie this is not for you. The smores cookies came out a little thinner than most. Don't let that stop you though because I still managed to eat three of them the night that they were made! Definitely a great smores-like treat!

Source: Stephanie Cooks