Hot Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup instant hot chocolate powdered cocoa mix
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup low-fat milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 24 large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup low-fat milk
• 2 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350
• 2 in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa mix, baking soda and salt.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugar until creamy. add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until combined after each. mix in milk and vanilla. add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
• 4 using a teaspoon cookie scoop, drop the dough onto parchment lined baking sheets. bake until the cookie are set, about 8 minutes. remove and carefully place a marshmallow, cut side down, in the center of each cookie. place back in the oven and continue baking until the marshmallow begins to look puffy, about 1 to 2 minutes. remove and let cookies sit on the baking sheet for 1 minute before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5 to make the glaze: place confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. in a small saucepan, add butter, milk and cocoa. cook over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil - let cook for 1 minute. remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes. pour mixture into the bowl of confectioners' sugar and beat until creamy.
• 6 immediately spoon a little of the glaze over each of the cooled cookies.