S’mores Cookies

 

Ingredients

· 1/2 cup (45 g) old-fashioned oats

· 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour

· 1 cup (113 g) whole wheat flour

· 1/2 teaspoon (1.3 g) ground cinnamon (optional)

· 1/2 teaspoon (3 g) baking soda

· 1/2 teaspoon (3 g) fine sea salt

· 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter room temperature (2 sticks, 16 tablespoons)

· 3/4 cup (214 g) light brown sugar

· 1 large egg

· 8 ounces (170 g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, cut into 30 squares

· 15 large marshmallows, cut in half lengthwise

 

Steps

1) Begin by preheating the oven to 350° F (~177° C).

2) Using a food processor, grind the oats until fine. They will still be slightly coarse.

3) Add the all purpose and whole wheat flours, cinnamon if using, the baking soda, and salt, then pulse to blend.

4) With an electric or stand mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until fluffy. On low, beat in the egg.

5) With mixer still on low, stir in the dry ingredient mix until just combined. The batter will be chunky.

6) Using a tablespoon measuring spoon, scoop out dough and quickly shape into balls, flatten them lightly, then indent the middle with a slight thumbprint. You may have more than 30 cookies worth of dough so have some extra chocolate on hand.

7) Set the dough at least one inch apart on two cookie sheets and top each cookie with chocolate. Do not let the chocolate overhang the dough; stack as necessary.

8) Bake cookies for 11 to 13 minutes until lightly golden brown on the edges. Recommended: bake one sheet at a time for best results though both sheets can be baked together. Be sure to rotate the sheets halfway through if you are baking two at a time.

9) Remove the cookies when ready and top each with half of a marshmallow.

10) Move an oven rack to the second level below the top and turn on the broiler. Slide a cookie sheet all the way to one side, brown the marshmallow tops then slide the sheet to the other side, browning the other half of the sheet.

11) Cool the cookies on a wire rack.

 

From: Martha Stewart’s Cookie Perfection: 100+ Recipes to Take Your Sweet Treats to the Next Level

By: Martha Stewart

Note: The recipe featured above was an adaption from The Bake Dept. created to make the instructions more clear