Hot Cocoa Cookies
Hot Cocoa Cookies ~ rich double chocolate cookies topped with melted marshmallow. The perfect cookies for the holiday season!
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 20 1x
- Category: Dessert, Cookies
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 10–11 large marshmallows, cut in half
- shaved chocolate for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper
- Using a stand mixer or a hand mixer cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract
- In a small cup combine hot water & baking soda until it dissolves completely, then beat into wet mixture
- In a separate bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon
- Beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients 1/2 cup at a time
- Stir in chocolate chips
- Refrigerate dough for at least 15 minutes
- Form into 20-22 balls and place on baking sheet at least 2 inches apart
- Bake for 8 minutes. Press halved marshmallow onto top of each cookie, and bake for another 2-3 minutes until slightly melted
- Transfer to a cooling rack and finish with a sprinkle of shaved chocolate
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