CHOCOLATE
MUNCHIES
(Yield: 4 dozen)
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
8 marshmallows
1 tablespoon water
¾ cup self-rising flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons almond extract
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1¼ cups rolled oats
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with non-stick
vegetable spray.
In the top of a double boiler, over simmering water, melt chocolate
morsels. Add marshmallows and water; cook, stirring until melted.
Remove from heat; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and sugar. Slowly blend
butter, brown sugar, egg, and extracts into flour mixture. Stir in
oats, pecans, and chocolate; blend thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonfuls,
2-inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely
on a wire rack.
 
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