Peanut Butter S'more Cookies
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Recipe type: cookies
Cuisine: dessert
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Serves: 25 cookies
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature*
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 and ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 bag marshmallows
  • semisweet melting chocolate (I used a block of chocolate and added shortening to achieve the desired consistency)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed.
  2. Mix in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla (in that order).
  3. Scrape down the sides as needed.
  4. Slowly mix in the baking soda and flour. Do not overmix.
  5. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  7. Roll about 1.5 Tablespoons of dough into a ball. Place onto ungreased cookie sheet or silicone baking mat
  8. Bake for exactly 7 minutes
  9. Remove from the oven and place ½ of a marshmallow on top of each cookie, bake for 2-3 more minutes
  10. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
  11. While cookies are cooling melt chocolate with a tsp of shortening. Incrementally melt chocolate and shortening in 30 second intervals. Mix until a smooth consistency is achieved. Add shortening as needed to achieve a smooth creamy chocolate.
  12. Add melted a tsp of melted chocolate to the top of the marshmallow
  13. Cookies stay fresh in an air-tight container for up to 1 week....if they last that long
Recipe by The Prepped Chef at https://www.pmaapestworld.com/2013/03/03/peanut-butter-smore-cookies/