Recipe For Rocky Road Cookies

Rocky Road Cookies Recipe

• 1 stick (4 ounces) butter, softened
• 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows

1. Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Grease cookie sheet or line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. In a medium size bowl beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla until well combined.
4. Add flour, baking powder, and salt and beat until blended. Stir in the currants, peanuts, and chocolate chips.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
6. Bake for 10 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and leave the oven on.
8. Lightly press 1 or 2 marshmallows into center of each cookie and return to oven and bake for 2 minutes, or until golden.
9. Remove from oven and let cookies cool and sheets for 2 minutes and then remove cookies from sheet and place on wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe makes about 30 Rocky Road Cookies