Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
• 36 large marshmallows, cut in half (so there are two full circles, not two half circles.)
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 4 -6 tablespoons hot milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 sift together flour, soda, salt and cocoa.
• 3 cream shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla.
• 4 add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
• 5 form into 1 1/2 inch balls and bake on greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes. press 1/2 a marshmallow onto each cookie, bake an additional 2 minutes, or until marshmallow is melted.
• 6 combine frosting ingredients. spoon frosting over each cooled cookie. (or for a more dazzling effect, pour frosting into the corner of a ziplock bag, snip off the corner, and drizzle frosting across cookie.).