Tasty Tuesday

Chocolate Cloud Cookies

Ingredients

3 cups flour     2 eggs

 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa     2 teaspoons vanilla     

                    1/2 teaspoon baking soda     12 ounces mini chocolate chips

                                                  1 cup sugar     8 ounces mini marshmallows, frozen

1 cup brown sugar, packed firm                                              

1 cup softened butter                             

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Keep marshmallows frozen until ready to use. (They thaw quickly.)  Combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda.  Set aside.  Combine sugars and blend in butter.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Beat until light and fluffy.  Add flour mixture and chocolate chips.  Blend at low speed.  Batter will be stiff.  Place a tablespoon of dough in your hand and roll into a ball.  Press 3 marshmallows into the middle of the ball.  Wrap the dough around the marshmallows to enclose them.  Place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes.

The marshmallows are so cute poking out. 
Hello there, little yummy goodness!

Let cool on cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes before moving to wire wrack.
They will stay together better.

Recipe from a cookbook called "Capitol Cookies" 
My niece, Emily is not a nut lover unlike her mom.  I looked high and low to find the perfect recipe that didn't have nuts.  What better than a chocolate cookie filled with yummy goo.  This is the cookie for Washington State, which is where she lives.  I hope you enjoy them.