Chocolate Puffs

 Oh what a treat it was when my parents would come home from grocery shopping and I would see Mom pulling a bag of chocolate puffs out of the cardboard box. Cardboard boxes were often used to carry home the groceries instead of paper bags. And of course these treats were doled out sparingly..oh how I treasured each bite.
These chocolate puffs are not even close to perfect in appearance as those bought ones were..but they sure taste good!
When I cut one to show you what the inside of the cookie looked like, the chocolate shell cracked just like the bought ones did when cut in half. This is a small recipe so no worries about having to store them although I think they would freeze well.
Here's the recipe..

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 level tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 level tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 6 large marshmallows, cut in half
• Strawberry jam
• 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped..I used good quality chocolate bars, 5 oz of dark chocolate and 5 ounces of milk chocolate. You can use what you prefer. 

1. In a medium size bowl whisk together both flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. Using your mixer, cream butter and sugar until light, beat in egg.
3. Add flour mixture and mix till combined.
4. Drop by spoonfuls on a parchment lined baking sheet. Dip the bottom of a cup in flour and press down the cookies to flatten them.
5. Bake at 350º for 9 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and top each cookie with a dab of strawberry jam and place a marshmallow half on top.
7. Bake another 2 minutes till marshmallows have softened.
8. Remove cookies from oven and using a metal spatula gently press down each marshmallow. 
9. Allow cookies to cool.
10. For chocolate coating, place chopped up chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of hot simmering water. Stir until melted.
11. Place one cookie at a time in the chocolate, using a spoon cover the cookies with chocolate, lift up cookie with a fork and tap on the edge of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Place cookies on a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Cool cookies in fridge to allow chocolate to harden. This takes approx 15 minutes.
12. Yields: 1 dozen delicious puffs

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