Hot Chocolate Cookies

Instructions

For the cookies:

• In a small sauce pan, melt the butter and then whisk in the semi-sweet chocolate chips. Whisk together until the butter and semi-sweet chocolate chips melt into a smooth chocolate sauce.
• Set aside and let cool.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the sugar, eggs and extract together. Mix until well combined.
• Once the chocolate and butter mixture is cooled mix it into the sugar, eggs and extract.
• Slowly whisk the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture.
• Mix until everything is combined. Cover in plastic wrap and place into the fridge for 1 hour.
• Remove dough from the fridge after one hour and preheat oven to 325F.
• Grease 3 cookie sheets (or use the same one over and over). - Line the baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean up -
• Spoon out about a tablespoon of chilled dough and roll it into a ball. Lay it onto a prepared baking sheet.
• Place about 12-15 cookies onto each baking sheet. Press each cookie down a little bit.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven. Top each cookie with three mini marshmallows. Place back into the oven for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Remove cookies from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Repeat until all cookies are done.
• Let cookies cool and make the chocolate glaze.

For the glaze:

• In a medium bowl, combine the melted butter, cocoa powder, hot water and chocolate extract (or vanilla extract).
• Slowly whisk in the powdered sugar until everything is combined.
• Lay a piece of parchment paper under the cooling rack that is holding the cooled cookies. (This will make for easy clean up!)
• Drizzle each cookie with the chocolate glaze, covering the marshmallows. While the chocolate glaze is wet, sprinkle each cookie with the sprinkles.
• Let Cookies and Chocolate glaze set for about 30 minute before serving.
• Keep cookies in an air tight container.