Rocky Road

That's right...rocky road. It's one of those "olde tyme" ice cream flavors.

Whenever I think of rocky road, I think of this scene from The Goonies. For some reason, though, I misremember the guy's name as "Lugjug" and not "Sloth."  Where'd that come from?

These are super chocolatey and chewey--almost like fudge brownies.  My secret is to use multiple sources of chocolate: ground-up Cocoa Pebbles, cocoa powder, microplaned milk chocolate, and microplaned unsweetened Baker's chocolate. Toasting the almonds brings out thier flavor and their crunch. And, of course, these wouldn't be rocky road cookies without the mini marshmallows. I freeze my marshmallows first so that they don't melt too fast in the oven.

As with my s’more cookies, you need to keep an eye on these guys and be careful not to overbake them. The marshmallows could melt, and when the cookies cool, you could end up with really yummy-smelling hockey pucks.

Creamables	2 sticks butter 2 cups brown sugar 1/4 cup cocoa powder
Wet Ingredients	2 eggs + 1 yolk 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 tablespoon milk
Dry Ingredients	2 1/2 cups oatmeal 2 cups toasted slivered almonds 2 cups frozen mini marshmallows 1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups ground Cocoa Pebbles cereal 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, microplaned 2 1/2 ounces milk chocolate, micoplaned 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda

1. In your Kitchen Aid or a large mixing bowl, cream together the creamables
2. In a small bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Whisk together the wet ingredients and add to the creamables. Mix together until smooth.
3. In another large mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients. Using a spatula, fold together until evenly distributed. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the creamables and wet ingredients. Mix until evenly combined.
4. Preheat oven to 350º. 
5. Shape dough into balls--about 2 tablespoons each.
6. Place dough balls about 2 inches apart on Silpat- or parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
7. Bake at 350º for 10 minutes. (Be very careful not to overbake them.) If the cookies feel too underdone when you remove them from the oven, let them set on the cookie sheets for two to three additional minutes. Then place cookies on wire racks to cool.

Comments

[Lorraine]

These look fabulous!! Check the recipe - I think you left out a word. Under dry ing.,you have 1 1/2 cups ground . . . I'll try these for sure!

[Oatmeal Cookie Guy]

Thanks, Lorraine. It was something weird with the line breaks in the table. Fixed now!