Back in the Easter holidays my son's homework was to create his own cookies. They were looking at the history of cookies, why they were named cookies and how the different varieties were made. He based the name of these cookies on the Roald Dahl book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Plus he helped design the title photo for this post!
He wanted them to be egg free so that when he took them into school, all his classmates would be able to sample them. The base of these cookies used the recipe from The Comfort of Cooking, which can be found here and which I used to create my Neapolitan cookies featured in this post.
I left him to make these completely on his own and only helped to put them in and out of the oven when it was time. I think it is very important to teach children how to cook, it is a life skill, and as they get older they want more independence. What better way then to be able to prepare their own food! And even better, prepare something that we can all enjoy!
He set himself up with the ingredients and utensils required to make the cookies. As you can see he is as organised as me! Fortunate to have a long counter so what he could spread out.
Carefully measuring out the ingredients ready to begin creaming the base of the cookies.
The fulfillment he got from making these was immeasurable.
Here is the recipe for your budding cooks!
CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW WHIPPLE SCRUMPTIOUS COOKIES
(makes 12 approx.)
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 cups plain flour
1 cup plain or milk chocolate chips
For the marshmallow topping
2 cups mini marshmallows
1-2 tsp butter
Method
Preheat your oven to 350'c/180'f. Line baking trays or cookie sheets with baking paper.
Cream butter and icing sugar together. Add the flour and then the chocolate chips. Keep mixing until a ball of dough forms.
Dust your work surface with flour or icing sugar (he used icing sugar). Roll the dough onto the surface and cut out with a round cookie cutter.
Carefully lift the cookies and place them on the baking tray.
Place them in the oven for 16-18 minutes or until they start to turn brown. Leave them to cool.
Once cooled they are ready for the marshmallow topping!
Place marshmallows in a pot on the stove with a little butter and with a low heat, begin to melt the mixture. Stir during this time to stop the marshmallow from sticking to the pan.
Once completely melted you can dip or spoon the mixture onto the cooled cookies.
My son decided to spoon the mixture onto one side of the cookies for a bit of a chewy taste.
When he took them in, his classmates thought they were chewy, tasty and very chocolaty. They got the big thumbs up from everyone!
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