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For the Authors in Bloom Blog Hop, we were asked to post either a recipe or a gardening tip. Since everything I plant dies, I elected to post a recipe. Below is one of my favorite cookie recipes. It always gets rave reviews when I bring it to a party.
I found the recipe and the picture here: http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/06/smores-cookies.html
Ingredients
11 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon sea salt
2 ½ cups flour
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
3 regular sized Hershey’s bars, broken into pieces
1-2 packages graham crackers, broken into squares
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon to combine. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixer and combine on low speed.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour to overnight (I did one batch right away and another after chilling overnight and found there was no difference.)
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line baking pans with parchment paper. I used one 11×17 pan and one 9×13 pan but you can really use any sized pans you want.
- Lay out graham crackers side by side on the pans as close as possible (they should be touching). I used 16 graham cracker squares on one pan and 10 squares on another. You may have to add or remove graham crackers according to how much dough you have. If you want your cookies thicker you will use more dough and less graham crackers.
- Place tablespoons of dough on graham crackers about 1 – 1 ½ inches apart. I averaged about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough per graham cracker square as seen in the picture above. Press down slightly with fingertips.
- Bake for 5 minutes then remove from oven to press Hershey’s bar pieces on to the top. You can place as many pieces or as little as you want depending how much chocolate flavor you want.
- Bake for an additional 5 – 7 minutes or more if your cookies are thicker. They will be done when the edges begin to turn golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool. For clean cutting make sure cookies are completely cool and cut with a sharp knife.
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Tour ends April 16th at 11:59pm EST.
The recipe looks so yummy. I can’t wait to try making them. I’m much better with plants instead of cooking, lol. This sounds like an amazing giveaway and it’s an honor to get a chance to win the grand prize. The main thing is I will have fun going from hop to hop. Good luck to everyone.
Angela
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My favorite thing about spring is seeing the flowers bloom. Noticing the flowers let’s me know that warm weather will soon start and then summer will be here.
Angela
Love your cookie recipe. I shall give them a try.
Hop organizers – I have Michelle’s email address if she wins anything. Please contact me.
What a delicious looking recipe. I’m going to copy it into my recipe file now so I don’t lose it. My husband works for a mining company and I’m often called upon to make desserts for his crew. This looks like something they’d really enjoy. michelle_willms at yahoo dot com.
The recipe looks amazing i love smores as well as my fiance does we will have to try this one i love to cook so any ideas will always help thank you so much. josephhawkshaw@yahoo.com
You are welcome! I hope you and your fiance like them.
The birds have come back to my feeders! Yay! Those cookies look sinfully good! angelarosebooks@yahoo.com
S’mores are a family favorite – I cannot wait to surprise the kids with these cookies – thank you
You are welcome!
(Hop organizers – I have Cahmmerrit’s email address if she wins anything. Please contact me.)
Those cookies look so yummy! I have a chocolate addiction so I will def. be trying them 🙂
savannahm1987@gmail.com
that looks SOO good!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Froggy
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You are welcome – thanks for stopping by!
I love the flowers and the extra sunlight!
vitajex(At)Aol(dot0com
Sorry: vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
I will definitely agree with the extra sunlight. It has been a long, dark winter in Wisconsin!
I love spring flowers the most. 🙂
omg that looks amazing. esseboo@yahoo.com
That recipe looks so good my tummy is rumbling already and it’s only 8:30 in the morning! (and I had breakfast!) 🙂
cchnat86 @ yahoo.com
I brought them to a party last summer and the next day I was walking in our neighborhood and ran into three ladies who also had been at the party. One of them said, “We were just talking about your smores cookies.” That’s how good they are!!
Ywo days into the hop and I’ve put on 5 pounds!
eallen99@juno.com
LOL!
I love participating in these blog hops~ I always come away with a longer TBR as well as new bloggers added to my Bloglovin’ feed 🙂
ilookfamous at yahoo dot com
like the flowers
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
My favorite thing is that the birds start singing again.
WOW! You got me at the name of the recipe! Who doesn’t like S’Mores and now in a cookie? Outstanding. I think I enjoy the early flowering trees and shrubs that herald the beginning of Spring.
kareninnc at gmail dot com
My favorite thing about Spring is the warming of the weather and all the trees and flowers budding out.
My granddaughter loves anything smores. I will give this recipe to her.
Judy
magnolias_1(at)msn(dot)com
Mmmm,… the recipe looks & sounds delicious!! Thank you for sharing that with us!!!
Thank you for the giveaway!!
Take care & I hope you have a great day! =)
Brandi
BLeigh1130 at yahoo dot com
I love the longer days….and reading on the beach!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
elizabeth @ bookattict . com
My favorite things about spring are the tulips/daffodils and the warmer weather.
sienkiel1821@yahoo.com
Thank sounds like a yummy recipe thank you for being part of the hop.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
The cookies sound delicious. As a Scout leader, I will give them a try! Always happy for the chance of getting a new book to read. Thanks for being part of the hop.
Nancy npi-sunyer@comcast.net
Love the cookies! Thanks for sharing the great recipe.
bhometchko(at)hotmail(dot)com
The flowers are my favorite part of spring & those cookies look delicious.
bituin76 at hotmail dot com
Just hopping by, Good luck . Deb P
r.d1@myfairpoint.net
Hi! Great post! Im in love with those cookies! They sound delicious! 🙂 I love smores! I cant wait to try this recipe! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
And thank you for being apart of this awesome hop!
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my fav thing about spring is seeing everything turn green again – regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com