hot chocolate cookies

from recipezaar.com
I wanted to make cookies for some guests, but didnt have any chocolate chips, oatmeal or any of the traditional cookie ingredients...but then it hit me....I have HOT COCOA! It has sugar, powdered milk, cocoa....sounds like ingredients in some sort of dessert...so I got online and found this recipe. I did NOT make this with the marshmallows or the glaze and still thought these tasted pretty good. we pressed a few of the cookies with dried cranberries...and I also used raspberry flavored hot cocoa mix instead of the regular chocolate. I thought they were pretty good!

For the cookies
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup instant hot chocolate powdered cocoa mix
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup low-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
24 large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise


For the glaze
1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup low-fat milk
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
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Directions:Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 23 mins
1 Preheat oven to 350
2 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa mix, baking soda and salt.
3 In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until combined after each. Mix in milk and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
4 Using a teaspoon cookie scoop, drop the dough onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake until the cookie are set, about 8 minutes. Remove and carefully place a marshmallow, cut side down, in the center of each cookie. Place back in the oven and continue baking until the marshmallow begins to look puffy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and let cookies sit on the baking sheet for 1 minute before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
5 To make the glaze: Place confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, add butter, milk and cocoa. Cook over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil - let cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Pour mixture into the bowl of confectioners' sugar and beat until creamy.
6 Immediately spoon a little of the glaze over each of the cooled cookies.