S'mores Brownies

I know it's a little early for s'mores, but I wanted them. I found a recipe for s'mores brownies that used canned pumpkin instead of eggs and oil, and I thought it was a great idea. I made those brownies, had one, and immediately regretted it, because it tasted exactly like you would expect a chocolate/pumpkin fusion to taste.

Severely disappointed, I decided to come up with my own recipe. I took two different recipes and combined them for a better brownie. This is the result.

RECIPE:

- 1 cup softened butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 6 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup marshmallow creme
- 2 teaspoons milk
- Crushed graham crackers

Cream butter and sugar.

Add eggs one at a time.

Beat in vanilla.

Combine flour, baking cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

Gradually add to the other mixture.

Spread into greased 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch pan.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Cool.

Mix milk and marshmallow creme until smooth and spread it over the brownies.

Sprinkle crushed graham crackers over the frosting.

These were better than the pumpkin brownies, by far. You barely taste the marshmallow, but it's still noticeable enough to make these qualify as s'mores brownies. The frosting doesn't even melt after a day or two, like it did when I tried to make s'mores cupcakes.

Chocolate Cookies with Chocolate Chips

April has been a slow month for me. The constantly-changing weather is making my head hurt, literally. Then I've been tired for days due to mental problems, and I have a funeral to go to, and my birthday's this month...

But, since no one cares about that, I'm still trying new recipes. I think I've succeeded with these cookies.

I didn't put in any white chips, and I might have used the 1/4 teaspoon instead of the 1/2 teaspoon for baking powder, because I was tired and my brain wasn't working properly. But these would be even better with them, so I'll put those in next time.

RECIPE:

- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chips

Stir together the sugar, melted butter, and vanilla.

Add the eggs one at a time.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.

Mix the dry ingredients with the wet.

Stir in the chips.

Bake at 350 for 9 minutes, 8 if you want the center to be a little more like brownies.

For something that might have contained a few mistakes, these cookies are pretty good. Definitely better than the last chocolate cookies I made. I'll try to follow the recipe properly next time, because then they'll be even better.