Thursday, June 9, 2011

Peanut Butter Cookie Heaven

These come from my dear friend Christine. I've never actually made them (you know that I'm probably going to run right over to the store after work to pick up the ingredients to make them), but everything that Christine has ever made has been delicious and I have no doubt that these will be finger lickin' good.

½ cup unsalted butter

½ cup creamy peanut butter

½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg

½ teaspoon vanilla

1 ½ cup flour

¾ teaspoon baking powder

1/3 teaspoon salt

Take dough in your hand and roll into a ball and place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper or a silpat

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until “almost done”

*while cookies are baking, cut large marshmallows in half or jumbo marshmallows in thirds and set aside*

When cookies have just barely turned golden brown, remove from oven and place sliced marshmallow sticky side down onto a cookie. Put baking sheet back in oven for 2/3 minutes or until the marshmallows have slightly melted. Once removed, take a spatula and press down slightly on the marshmallow. Melt chocolate chips (the good quality kind) in microwave in 15 second intervals until smooth. Take a spoonful and gently spread on top of marshmallows and let cookies cool on a cooling rack.