Rocky Road Cookies

Ingredients:    6 oz. of semi-sweet chocolate chips

                       1/2 cup of butter

                       2 eggs

                       1 cup granulated sugar

                       1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

                       1/2 tsp. baking powder

                       1/4 tsp. salt

                       1/2 tsp. vanilla

                       2 cups chopped nuts

                       miniature marshmallows

Preheat oven 350°.

Melt 3/4 of the chocolate chips and all of the butter over low heat or in microwave using an uncovered  microwave safe container.  Microwave morsels for 20 seconds.  Stir.  Repeat process until mixture is smooth.   Cool.

In a small bowel combine these dry ingredients:  flour, baking powder, and salt.

In mixing bowl, pour the melted chocolate and butter mixture.  Add granulated sugar and blend until smooth.  Add eggs, and vanilla to mixture and blend until smooth.  Slowly add dry ingredients of flour, baking powder, and salt to mixture and blend.  Add remaining chocolate chips.  Blend.  Add chopped nuts.  Blend.

Line ungreased baking sheet with parchment paper for beautiful cookies and an easy cleanup.  (Look for parchment paper at your grocery store where you would find aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper.)  Parchment paper can be used to bake all of these cookies before being discarded.  If you do not have parchment paper, use an ungreased baking sheet.   

Drop dough by rounded teaspoon 2" apart onto baking sheet.  Press marshmallows in top of each dollop of dough. 

Bake for about 8 minutes for smaller cookies.  Bake for 12-15 minutes for larger cookies.  Adjust the cooking time as needed so that the marshmallows do not burn and the cookies are baked but not dry or burned.

Lift parchment paper with warm cookies on the paper and place onto wire racks to cool.  After the cookies have cooled, lift each cookie by hand from the paper and place on the wire racks. (Parchment paper can be re-used until all cookies have been baked.) Cool cookies longer on wire racks before placing onto serving plate or container.  Cookies can be stacked on top of each other after completely cooled.

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