Last week I asked my pastor if he had a favorite cookie, because I was
trying to figure out what to make for an after-church social. He said
he did have a favorite that his Mom used to make when he was a kid, but
they are so much trouble to make his wife won't make them except once
every couple of years for his birthday or Christmas. He described the
cookies, chocolate with chopped maraschino cherries in them, with
marshmallow and chocolate icing on top. I didn't promise anything.

I found the recipe (an old Pillsbury Bake-off recipe, lot's of copies on
the Internet to compare to reconstruct the original), and made a batch
Saturday. They are kind of involved, but not as bad as, say, biscotti
or fruitcake cookies. Took them to church last night and the pastor was
pleasantly surprised. He ate one, and said that I nailed it :-)

The hard part is cutting up the cherries (sticky!) and cutting the
marshmallows in half. (I don't think substituting 3 or 4 miniature
marshmallows would work.) I found that the easiest way to cut the
marshmallows was with a very sharp knife on a cutting board, and to cut
straight down (a rocking motion if your using a chef knife or skinning
knife) instead of using a slicing motion.

They were easier to frost when the cookies had cooled some but were
still warm, and the frosting was still hot.

Chocolate Sundae Cookies
http://basicallybaked.wordpress.com/...undae-cookies/

These cookies are better the second day, so make them ahead of time.

1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
2/3 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 egg
1/4 c. maraschino cherry juice
2 T. milk
2 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 c. chopped maraschino cherries
18 marshmallows cut in half

Whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside.
Cream together the brown sugar and butter. Blend in the egg until
thorougly blended. Stir in half of the dry ingredients. Add the cherry
juice and milk. Stir in the remaining dry ingredients until completely
combined. Blend in the melted chocolate. Stir in the walnuts and the
maraschino cherries. Drop by rounded teaspons onto ungreased cookie
sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Place one marshmallow
half cut side down on each hot cookie. Cool on wire rack. Frost with
chocolate frosting.

Chocolate Frosting

Combine 1/4 c. butter, 1/4 c. milk, and 1 c. sugar in small saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 30 seconds. Stir in 1 c.
semisweet chocolate chips until melted.

zxcvbob wrote:
> Last week I asked my pastor if he had a favorite cookie, because I was
> trying to figure out what to make for an after-church social. He said
> he did have a favorite that his Mom used to make when he was a kid, but
> they are so much trouble to make his wife won't make them except once
> every couple of years for his birthday or Christmas. He described the
> cookies, chocolate with chopped maraschino cherries in them, with
> marshmallow and chocolate icing on top. I didn't promise anything.
>
> I found the recipe (an old Pillsbury Bake-off recipe, lot's of copies on
> the Internet to compare to reconstruct the original), and made a batch
> Saturday. They are kind of involved, but not as bad as, say, biscotti
> or fruitcake cookies. Took them to church last night and the pastor was
> pleasantly surprised. He ate one, and said that I nailed it :-)
>
> The hard part is cutting up the cherries (sticky!) and cutting the
> marshmallows in half. (I don't think substituting 3 or 4 miniature
> marshmallows would work.) I found that the easiest way to cut the
> marshmallows was with a very sharp knife on a cutting board, and to cut
> straight down (a rocking motion if your using a chef knife or skinning
> knife) instead of using a slicing motion.
>
> They were easier to frost when the cookies had cooled some but were
> still warm, and the frosting was still hot.
>
> Chocolate Sundae Cookies
> http://basicallybaked.wordpress.com/...undae-cookies/
>
> These cookies are better the second day, so make them ahead of time.
>
> 1 1/2 c. flour
> 1/2 t. baking soda
> 1/2 t. salt
> 2/3 c. brown sugar
> 1/2 c. butter
> 1 egg
> 1/4 c. maraschino cherry juice
> 2 T. milk
> 2 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate
> 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
> 1/4 c. chopped maraschino cherries
> 18 marshmallows cut in half
>
> Whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside.
> Cream together the brown sugar and butter. Blend in the egg until
> thorougly blended. Stir in half of the dry ingredients. Add the cherry
> juice and milk. Stir in the remaining dry ingredients until completely
> combined. Blend in the melted chocolate. Stir in the walnuts and the
> maraschino cherries. Drop by rounded teaspons onto ungreased cookie
> sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Place one marshmallow
> half cut side down on each hot cookie. Cool on wire rack. Frost with
> chocolate frosting.
>
> Chocolate Frosting
>
> Combine 1/4 c. butter, 1/4 c. milk, and 1 c. sugar in small saucepan.
> Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 30 seconds. Stir in 1 c.
> semisweet chocolate chips until melted.

Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
>
> Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
>

They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting :-)

Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.

Bob

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:15:47 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
>to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
>combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
>not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting :-)
>
>Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.

All together now ... "WHY NOT, BOB?"

On Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:15:47p, zxcvbob told us...

> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>> Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
>>
>
> They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
> to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
> combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
> not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting :-)
>
> Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.
>
> Bob
>

Scissors work pretty well if you oil the blades.

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:15:47p, zxcvbob told us...
>
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>> Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
>>>
>> They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
>> to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
>> combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
>> not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting :-)
>>
>> Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> Scissors work pretty well if you oil the blades.


I didn't think to try that. With clean scissors, it just makes a sticky
mess, and a knife worked so much better.

Bob

On Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:59:15p, zxcvbob told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:15:47p, zxcvbob told us...
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
>>>>
>>> They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were
>>> going to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
>>> combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
>>> not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the
>>> frosting :-)
>>>
>>> Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>> Scissors work pretty well if you oil the blades.
>
>
> I didn't think to try that. With clean scissors, it just makes a sticky
> mess, and a knife worked so much better.
>
> Bob
>

Yes, I imagine clean scissors would be difficult. The only reason I know
about oiling the blades is that my mother used to make some kind of candy
that required cutting a regular marshmallow into quarters. It was quick
and easy.

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 06 Apr 2009 02:15:47p, zxcvbob told us...
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
>>>>
>>> They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
>>> to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
>>> combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
>>> not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>> Scissors work pretty well if you oil the blades.
>
>
> I didn't think to try that. With clean scissors, it just makes a sticky
> mess, and a knife worked so much better.

I'm just glad there was no blood shed!

The recipe sounds positively decadent. I like that in a recipe :-)

TammyM

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> The hard part is cutting up the cherries (sticky!) and cutting the
> marshmallows in half. (I don't think substituting 3 or 4 miniature
> marshmallows would work.) I found that the easiest way to cut the
> marshmallows was with a very sharp knife on a cutting board, and to cut
> straight down (a rocking motion if your using a chef knife or skinning
> knife) instead of using a slicing motion.

I chop dried fruit in the food processor with a bit of sugar from the
recipe thrown in to discourage sticking and clumping.

Snip the marshmallows in half with a scissors, dipping the blades into
cornstarch occasionally.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - updated 3-30-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:56:32 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Scissors work pretty well if you oil the blades.

Oil?....I believe that PAM would work better. I spray my meat
tenderizer hammer with PAM before pounding round steak with flour.
Rinses right out.

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Jean B. wrote:
> >
> > Uh-oh. Those sound good. I'll save this and hope I don't succumb.
> >
>
> They were much better than I expected. I thought the cookies were going
> to taste more like chocolate with almond extract (not as good a
> combination as it sounds). I followed the recipe exactly -- which is
> not my custom -- although I did slip a little vanilla into the frosting :-)
>
> Don't try to cut the marshmallows with scissors. Just don't.
>
> Bob

Why not? Did you wet them or dust them with cornstarch between snips?

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - updated 3-30-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."