This Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies recipe comes from a layered magazine clipping stapled to an index card and filed under Cookies in My Mom’s Recipe Box. The original ingredients, icing, directions, contributor attribution, introductory text, and yield are preserved here as printed.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 16 to 18 large marshmallows
ICING:
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1-3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pecan halves
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; beat into creamed mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, cut marshmallows in half. Press a marshmallow half, cut side down, onto each cookie. Return to the oven for 2 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. For icing, combine butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Cool slightly; transfer to a small mixing bowl. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat well. Spread over the cooled cookies. Top each with a pecan half.
Yield
about 3 dozen.
Preservation Notes
This recipe is preserved as several printed magazine pieces stapled to an index card. The front layers the title and introduction above the ingredients and directions, while the reverse holds the cookie photograph. Staples, overlapping paper edges, and the original arrangement remain visible in the scans.
Notes From the Original
The printed introduction attributes the recipe to June Formanek of Belle Plaine, Iowa and reads: “What fun! These double-chocolaty delights from June Formanek of Belle Plaine, Iowa have a surprise inside! Atop the chocolate cookie base, marshmallow peeks out under chocolate icing. ‘Kids love them!’ June assures.” This is source text from the clipping, not a memory from my family. A partial, unrelated clipping is visible below the reverse of the card and has not been transcribed as part of this recipe.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
