Happy New Year: Campfire Cookies

Ah what a year 2011 has been. In this year we had Kim Kardashian getting engaged, married, and divorced (separate TV shows to document each adventure of course-that woman's life is Big Brother), Lindsay Lohan going to jail (it's like groundhog day for her every year), Jennifer Aniston had roughly 15 pregnancies and 4 sets of twins according to the gossip rags, and a lot of other much more important things than that occurred in Twenty Eleven. It also saw a rise in online blogging with the start up of Pinterest, and with that, a  surplus of recipes hit the online world hence the development of this blog. It is only fitting that we end 2011 on some sugary delectable note, which is why I chose to share my review of "Campfire Cookies."

Check out those bad boys

I discovered Campfire Cookies on Pinterest (obviously) and they come from a foodie blog called "Fahrenheit 350". They are  surprisingly easy to make and the name says it all; they are quite literally cookies in S'mores form, like you would enjoy around the campfire. What makes them unique is that the cookie, which has chocolate and marshmallows (yum) baked in, rests on graham crackers. Here's the recipe:

Fahrenheit 350's pre oven. Photo from www.Fahrenheit350.blogspot.com

Campfire Cookies
From: Fahrenheit 350

1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
Cream together butter and sugar until incorporated

Add:
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Beat thoroughly

Add:
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips, or one giant Hershey's bar, chopped
1 cup mini marshmallows
Stir to incorporate

The most fun part about these cookies is that you actually bake the cookie on top of a whole graham cracker.


Bake at F350°, for no more than 11 minutes (after 11 minutes, the graham cracker will burn).

Some of the marshmallow may toast off the cracker, but simply remove the cracker from your cookie sheet and quickly transfer to a wire rack.
Yields 4 dozen

Pros: They are heavenly! Seriously, why I didn't think of putting S'mores and cookies together to make a delicious S'morsey cookie baby before I do not know. They are also super easy to make and her directions are easy to follow. It is a great cookie to make for a party since they do yield 4 dozen.


Cons: I had a love-hate relationship with the graham cracker bottom. If you bake too long, which I had the unfortunate experience of doing with my second batch, the graham cracker will burn and taste nasty. These are also a cookie that do not stay fresh for more than a day. I sealed a dozen or so up and by the next day the graham cracker was stale and we actually ended up just peeling the cookie from the cracker and eating it solo. I would definitely recommend serving these the same day you make them.


Revisions: I have no suggestions on how to improve this recipe except to say that it might be easier if you just crushed up the graham cracker and baked it in with the batter. It would eliminate the stale bottom and you wouldn't have to worry so much about burning the temperamental graham cracker bottom. Here are some other S'mores recipes to try out:


"S'mores Cookies" from Martha Stewart.

Can Martha do any wrong? Photo from www.marthastewart.com

"S'mores Cookie Bars" from www.lovintheoven.com

S'mores Bars. Photo from www.lovintheoven.com

"S'mores Cookies" from heatovento350.blogspot.com

S'Mores Cookie. Photo from heatovento350.blogspot.com

 I think I would try the last recipe from HeatOven first because they look easiest to make and most like the idea of mixing in the graham crackers to the batter that I had in mind. If anyone beats me to it let me know how it turns out.


Happy New Year and I will see you in 2012 with more recipes, good or bad, to share!