marshmallow clouds

I used to love walking through the mall and stopping by Mrs. Fields' Cookies...did anyone else do that?  My favorites were the M&M cookies.  I was one lucky girl the day I discovered that my mom actually owned a Mrs. Fields cookie cookbook.  I used to spend hours just looking at all of the pictures and deciding what I would make next.  To this day, the cookbook often disappears off my mom's bookshelf (I think my sister and I are both to blame for that one).

My absolute favorite recipe from the cookbook is one that Mrs. Fields' daughter Jessica invented.  Jessica probably has her own kids now, and I hope she makes these cookies with them.  They are absolutely divine!

Jessica's Marshmallow Clouds
from Mrs. Fields Cookies

• 3 cups flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 t. pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups (12 oz.) miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 8 oz. miniature marshmallows, frozen

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda; set aside.  Combine sugars in a large bowl.  Using an electric mixer, blend in butter.  Add eggs and vanilla; beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.  Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until combined.  Batter will be very stiff.  Wrap a heaping tablespoonful of dough around 4-5 frozen marshmallows.  Place balls on ungreased baking sheet, 2 inches apart.  Bake 8-10 minutes.