S'more Cookies

I don't remember why I came up with this recipe, but nonetheless it came to be during Christmas 2008.  I wanna say I had an extra cookie tin and nothing to fill it with, and also had some graham cracker crumbs, mini marshmallows, and left over chocolate chips left from my holiday baking and decided to put them to good use!  After some fine tuning and tweeking last Christmas, I finally got them right.  They are definitely a favorite when I put out the cookie tray, and are usually the first ones to go!


S'more Cookies
Yields approximately 30 cookies

To Prepare the Cookies
1. Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl blend 3/4 cup of softened butter (1 1/2 sticks, or 12 tablespoons worth) with 1/2 a cup of brown sugar, and 1/2 a cup of granulated sugar. 
3. Once the sugars and butter are creamed together, add 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
4. Add 1 1/4 cups of flour.  Use half bleached flour and half graham flour.  I like to use a brand of graham flour called Bob's Red Mill.  It can be found at most grocery stores in the baking aisle! The graham flour gives the cookies that graham cracker texture we all love when we eat s'mores!
5. Add 1 cup of graham crackers crumbs.
6. Add 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt. 
7. Blend everything together well. 
8. Add an 11.5 ounce bag of chocolate chunks to the batter and fold them in.  The chocolate chunks add a great texture to the batter and make it a little more unique than a chocolate chip cookie! 
9. Roll the batter into 1 inch balls and spread them evenly on a cookie sheet.  The batter does spread a little bit, so be sure to give them some space. 
10. Bake them for approximately 7 minutes, and pull them out of the oven.  They will not be done baking yet!
11.  Press 4 or 5 mini marshmallows into the top of each cookie, and put them back in the oven. 
12. Bake for 2 or 3 more minutes, or until the marshmallows are starting to turn golden brown and beginning to melt. 
13. Let them cool and enjoy!

If you don't want to bake the marshmallows into the cookies, you can bake the cookies without them. When they are done cooling, spread some marshmallow fluff between two cookies and make a s'more sandwich!