Top Knots and Curly Locks: 12 Cookies of Christmas: Day 9

When it's cold outside, there's nothing like a mug of hot chocolate. And now, there's nothing like a hot chocolate cookie.

Hot Chocolate Cookie

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

19.5 ounces semisweet chocolate

1 1/4 cups light brown sugar

3 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Roughly 30 marshmallows

Directions:

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt together butter and 12 ounces semisweet chocolate

Stir frequently until smooth, let cool for 15 minutes

Using an electric mixer, beat together butter, eggs and vanilla extract until smooth (about 2 minutes)

Pour in cooled chocolate mixture and mix

Slowly add in remaining dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt

Chill dough in refrigerator for an hour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Line baking sheet with parchment paper

Scoop one tablespoon of dough, roll into a ball and place on sheet, flattening slightly

Bake 12 minutes

Cut remaining chocolate into 1-inch squares

Snip marshmallows in half, crosswise, and stick 1 square of chocolate onto the cut side

Remove cookies from the oven and top with the marshmallow and chocolate, chocolate side down

Bake another 4 minutes, or until marshmallows are soft

Transfer to rack to cool

Missed out on the other 12 Cookies of Christmas? Check them out here!

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