Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Cookie:

3 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup cocoa

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup milk

Big marshmallows, cut in half

Frosting:

1 cup brown sugar

6 tablespoons margarine

1/2 cup water

4 tablespoons cocoa

3 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoon vanilla

Cookie:

Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa.  Cream together remaining ingredients except marshmallows.  Add dry ingredients, mixing well.  Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.  Remove from oven and press half a marshmallow, cut side down on each cookie.  Return to oven 2 minutes more to partially melt marshmallows.  Cool on pan 2 minutes then remove to cooling rack.  When cookies are cooled, frost.

Frosting: 

Put brown sugar, margarine, water and cocoa in pan and bring to boil.  Remove from heat and cool.  Add powdered sugar and vanilla.  Spread on marshmallow and cookie.

If there is left over frosting, I put it on graham crackers.

Enjoy!

Monkey Bread

I remember this from when I was a kid.  I had a coupon for biscuits so I decided to pull out this recipe.  It came from one of mom's old cook books.

4 cans biscuits, cut into fourth's  (I purchased the Grands biscuits so I only needed 2 tubes and I cut each biscuit into sixths)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 sticksmargarine
1 tsp. cinnamon

Cut biscuits and shake in a sack with the 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon.  Place the coated biscuits in a greased bunt pan (I use this) or angel food pan.  Melt margarine and combine with 1 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon.  (I use the left over cinnamon and sugar mix that was used to shake each piece of biscuit in plus the 1 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon, so when I make it, it turns out extra cinnamon and sugary).  Pour the melted mixture over the biscuits.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.  After baked, tip upside down on a cookie sheet or large plate and remove the pan.  Let cool a bit, then chow down!  Personally I think it tastes better after it has set for a day.

Banana Bread

I believe this recipe came out of one of the many cookbooks mom has.  She has used this recipe as long as I can remember.

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 bananas
2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup nuts, optional
Cream shortening and sugar until light.  Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth.  Add mashed bananas, flour, soda and nuts.  Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans at 350 degrees F for 60 minutes.  (I bake it for 30 to 40 minutes).  Can be doubled or add chocolate chips.