- Avocado
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Basil
- Beer
- Coffee
- Cranberries
- Cream Cheese
- Dark Chocolate
- Dried Chilies
- Dr. Pepper
- Fennel Bulb
- Garlic
- Goat Cheese
- Grapefruit
- Greek Yogurt
- Hazelnut
- Honey
- Kumquat
- Maple Syrup
- Marshmallows
- Mint
- Passion Fruit
- Peach
- Rosemary
- Sour Cherries
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
I chose to make cookies featuring dark chocolate and marshmallows. Admittedly, I'm playing it safe. However-I am a picky eater. And I wanted to like whatever cookies I made, so I went with ingredients I knew I could make work and that I would want to eat.
Then I had to decide what base recipe(s) to use. I'm still pretty infatuated with these cookies I made, and I (like everyone else) am also obsessed with browned butter. And something in my brain just clicked with that combination. I was giddy with excitement. I made sure I had enough mini marshmallows (I did), I decided to use some of the best dark chocolate I had at my disposal, and I decided to only brown half the butter in the recipe (partly so it didn't interfere with the texture to too much of a degree, and partly to have a little more balance with the browned butter flavor).
![]() |
Those beautiful specks of browned butter, the melting dark chocolate, and gooey marshmallow. Mmmm... |
And they are just so pretty. Seriously. I'm very very proud of myself. It doesn't even matter how I do in the competition, because just being able to make and eat this makes me feel like a winner! :)
Browned Butter Dark Chocolate and Marshmallow Cookies
A Cooking Actress original, base adapted from Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie and Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes 18-26 cookies, depending on size.
Ingredients:- 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 stick browned, 1 stick cold and cut into very small pieces)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3+ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. table salt
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips/chopped dark chocolate (at least 60%-I used a combination of Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips, chopped Ghirardelli 86% and Godiva 72%)
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
Preparation:
- Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper/silpat. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Brown 1 stick butter in a small saucepan. Melt over medium heat, then continue to cook-whisking constantly-until it foams up and then turns brown, with little brown particles (this should take 5-10 minutes). Remove from heat immediately and allow to cool completely.
- In a large bowl, cream cold butter and sugars. This is easiest if you use a stand mixer, but it will work with a hand mixer-it's just more difficult (I had to get in there and break up the butter with my hands periodically). Once fluffy-ish, mix in the browned butter.
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in flour, salt, cornstarch, baking powder, and baking soda. You want the dough to be very thick, continue to mix in additional flour until the dough is not sticky.
- Add chocolate and marshmallows (make sure that if there are little chocolate shavings/crumbs that you get all that goodness in there), knead into the dough with your hands.
- Form dough into large, golf-ball sized, balls and place on cookie sheets--leave plenty of room between!! You may have to bake these in batches (I had a constant rotation of one pan in oven, one ready, etc.).
- Bake in the center of the oven for about 10 minutes-until just beginning to brown. You do not want to over-bake these.(The marshmallow may be oozing out a bit at the sides on some cookies--that is fine, in fact, it tastes amazing. You can fold them in towards the cookie to make it prettier.)
- Let cool a few minutes and then remove from the pan (I kept mine on parchment paper until they firmed up a smidge, then moved them to cloth napkins to finish cooling). Make sure to eat at least 3 of them while warm and fresh.
Helloooo GORGEOUS.
this looks awesome. when my daughter gets back from school, this is a must try.
ReplyDeleteThey're so delicious-she's gonna love them!
DeleteThese look amazing and very creative. I totally want to get in on this. Can anyone join cookie wars? I have a great idea for a cookie that includes sweet potatoes.
ReplyDeleteYeah-absolutely! Head over to the link I have to cookie wars and all the information, instructions, etc. are there! :)
DeleteOkay, not ONLY are your pictures beautiful, but you made some divine sounding cookies!
ReplyDeleteI would totally gobble these up and I'm not even much of a chocolate fan. But, throw in some marshmallows and we've got a date. Add browned butter and I'm in HEAVEN!
Great job!
I'm so glad that you like this! These are super super amazing. I promise!!
DeleteOh how I love cookies!!
ReplyDeleteI am happy to tell you that I've nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! Please visit my blog for all the details!
http://iamaddictedtorecipes.blogspot.ca/2012/03/versatile-blogger-award.html
Have a great day!
Addicted to Recipes
OMG Kayle this is an amazing recipe and would be hard to beat!! I'm joining the contest too, love Cupcake Wars and this sounded too fun to miss. I shall make a batch of these cookies for myself to eat ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm so so so happy you like them! Best of luck to you :D
DeleteWow, these look amazingly tasty!
ReplyDeleteCookie wars, what a great theme! Also these look like you were definitely up for the challenge. I love the texture of these and all those goodies poking through are calling my name-yum! Simply delicious post.
ReplyDeleteso so soooo yummyy
DeleteKayle,
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome! Can't wait to whip them up and see how they turn out! I'm so glad you entered and thanks for advertising the contest!
Thanks!!! I hope you like them as much as I did!
DeleteThese cookies are actually heavenly - a great addition to the awsome contest for sure :D
ReplyDeleteYum!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Latest: Double Nutella Cheesecake Brownies
Mmmmmhmmmm
DeleteThey look awesome, I am wanting one bad : D Awesome photos!
ReplyDeleteThey're so gooooood
DeleteYou win!!! These look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!!
DeleteI wanna make these ASAP. Pinning them now!
ReplyDeleteThey look so good! Wishing you a lovely weekend! Angie xo
ReplyDeleteI love any recipe with brown butter! These look delicious! Visiting from Crazy for Crust. :)
ReplyDeleteThese look phenomenal. I want cookies...now! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe at Scrumptious Sunday :-)
ReplyDeleteThese look so good! They're gorgeous and I want to eat them! YUM!
ReplyDeleteThese look yummy. Just found your blog its so fun.. Come and check out my blog
ReplyDeletewww.thedailysmash101.blogspot.com
Have a great day
I made these today, they were great! I substituted semisweet and milk chocolate chips because I am not a fan of dark chocolate. These will get made on a regular basis!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad!!
DeleteHi I am want to make these but I can't seem to find brown butter. Where to do buy this? Thanks Jen
ReplyDeleteBrowned butter is just regular butter that you cook (melt in a saucepan over medium heat) until it turns brown. It's amazing, I promise!
DeleteForget it just forgives it out on my own. lol can't wait to make them
ReplyDeleteI tell you how to make browned butter in the recipe, just read :)
DeleteThese look so phenomenally delicious -- it's just crazy!
ReplyDeleteOkay, here's my update. I just made these tonight. To combat my oven-flattening problem, I baked it all up in a springform pan. It was awesome! I'll definitely be posting about this one and will let you know when I do.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'd love that, so glad the idea worked :)
DeleteThese were AMAZING!!! Thanks so much for the fantastic recipe. :) (Only wish I had made them sooner!)
ReplyDeleteAw yay!! I'm so glad! They are SO delicious, I knoow! :)
DeleteKayle these look amazing! Wow - they are perfect in every way from the browned butter to the marshmallows to the dark choc!
ReplyDeleteAw thank you Averie! I am super proud of them, I'll admit. They're delicious, you MUST try them! :D
DeleteCookie dough is set. Ready to bake for tomorrow. I just found your blog yesterday and I already made four different type of cookie recipes. Thank you so much! May The Lord bless you with more outrageous creativity Kayle
ReplyDeleteAw that's so sweet, thank you! Glad to have you as a reader, enjoy all the delicious cookies!!!
DeleteGorgeous cookies, Kayle! I will be attempting to make these in muffin form today. Wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteHo. Lee. Cow.
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing!!
Thanks so much for entering the cookie contest!
I'm thinking of sending these. Will they last for a few days? Seems bettter if eaten while still warm. Would a 10 second microwave blast help or hurt? How do they taste cold.
ReplyDeleteHi Amelia! Yes they will last for a few days--to keep them extra fresh, freeze them after they're completely cooled in a ziplock bag. When you're ready to send them take them out of the freezer and maybe put them in another ziploc-keeping them as airtight as possible helps. And I always heat cookies up for about 10 seconds in the microwave because I think they're always better warm :) They're good cold or room temperature also, though!
Delete