Nothing speaks of cozy campfires like s’mores. The smell of toasted marshmallows and chocolate sandwiched between graham crackers is a nostalgic taste that brings one to the nights of stargazing around a warm fire, when the breeze is cool. But one hardly requires a campfire to enjoy a great batch of s’mores cookies. Let us know ‘How Do I Make S’mores Cookie Thins?’.
How Do I Make S’mores Cookie Thins?
S’mores are characteristic campfire treats, widely eaten across the United States and Canada. The recipe for s’mores dates back to the 1920s when they appeared in recipes under the name “Graham Cracker Sandwiches.” The name “s’mores” emerged as an abbreviation of the recipe for “Some More” in a girls scout publication called Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts. Originally emerging from the culture of Scouting and summer camps, s’mores are now a far more democratized campfire food enjoyed by children and adults, all the same. As a result, innovations like s’mores in the form of cookies instead of cracker sandwiches are common and proof of their wide appeal.
This article details the process of making s’mores cookie thins- a sophisticated take on the quintessential campfire treats.
What ingredients do I need to make s’mores cookies?
The basic and traditional ingredients required to make s’mores in a summer camp, around a campfire are graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate. To spin this recipe into cookies, there are additional ingredient requirements.
The ingredients include all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt, with an egg being an optional ingredient that can be swapped out if one is vegan.
How do I prepare the cookie dough?
1. Chop a batch of graham crackers into rough pieces and break a bar of chocolate of your choice. It could be milk chocolate or dark chocolate, depending upon your taste. If you do not wish to use chocolate, peanut butter is a popular substitute for chocolate in s’mores. Set them aside along with a separate container of mini marshmallows or large marshmallows cut into small bite-size pieces.
2. Whisk some all-purpose flour along with baking powder, baking soda, and corn starch into a medium-sized bowl. Whisk them together and set them aside. This is our dry mixture.
3. Use a stand mixer or an electric beater to beat a stick of softened butter and brown sugar. Add to it a tablespoon of vanilla extract and combine well. If you’re using an egg, this is the time to incorporate it into the batter. This is our wet mixture.
4. Combine the wet mixture with the dry mixture in small increments to prevent clumping. Combine well until it forms into a soft dough.
5. Add the pieces of graham crackers, broken chocolate bar, and mini or torn marshmallows to the mixture and fold until it’s evenly spread across the cookie dough. Let this dough rest for at least an hour.
6. Portion the cookie dough into small balls, sized about a tablespoon. Place them on a parchment-lined baking tray and put the baking tray into an oven preheated at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 176 degrees Celsius.
How should I bake the s’mores cookies?
The process of baking s’mores cookies is not ubiquitous. It depends on whether you prefer a chewier cookie to a crunchy cookie or vice versa, the baking time could take anywhere from 8 to 15 minutes. If you prefer a softer cookie, it is best to bake the cookie dough from 8 to 12 minutes while a crunchier cookie might take anywhere from 12 to 15 minutes. However, this time frame is not universal or definitive considering different ovens, depending on build, size, or type, and various other factors may have different baking times. Hence, it is important to take baking instructions as a set of techniques that must be implemented with a certain degree of educated, intuitive guessing
What is the best way to decorate my s’mores cookies?
Two or three minutes before the s’mores cookies are done, take them out of the oven and sprinkle them with a portion of reserved graham crackers, chocolate bits, and torn marshmallows to make them even more rich and reminiscent of s’mores. If this seems too tedious, an alternative would be to sprinkle the portioned cookie doughs with the crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows before baking them and baking them all at once. The only difference is that the former retains the position of the toppings and keeps them intact, making them better for aesthetic presentation.
Take out your s’mores cookies once they are done and they are ready to serve.
Conclusion
S’mores are universally loved- be it in their traditional, campfire glory or innovative takes like cookies and cakes. They are customizable with various flavors and no one way is the best. Hence, s’mores are beginner-friendly and highly forgiving food to try one’s hands at and customize to one’s heart’s content. And the best part is, that no campfire is needed.
