This past Sunday afternoon I was still going strong on the baking front. I made a "cookie" that was very appropriately named for making on a Sunday. Church Windows! I had never heard of them until they were suggested by my friend Jess. They are a simple mixing of melted chocolate and marshmallows.
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Church Windows Recipe
Ingredients:
1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
1 12 oz. package of semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 10.5 oz. package of mini colored marshmallows
Directions:
Mix chocolate and butter in a double boiler until melted.
Take off heat and allow to cool for approximately five minutes. It should be cool before adding marshmallows so they don't melt.
Add marshmallows and mix.
When thoroughly mixed, pour onto aluminum foil and form into cylinder.
Put the cylinder in the refrigerator and then slice into cookies.
Helpful Hint: For the cylinder, take an empty paper towel roll, cut in length-wise and put aluminum foil on the inside, then add the chocolate/marshmallow mix. This should help make a more symmetric cookie.
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The list of ingredients can't get much simpler.
Melt in double boiler or make-shift one like mine if you don't own one.
Looks kinda gross when melted and mixed with marshmallows.
All rolled up. I only had one paper towel roll so had to make do with just foil for the second roll.
They do end up kind of pretty, even if my poor photography skills don't show it.
These were by far the simplest of all the treats I made this weekend. They were also probably my least favorite, but only because I am not a huge fan of marshmallows. I brought a dozen or so into work and set them out by the coffee machine and water cooler, and sent an email to the engineering department at my company. I did this around 10:00 AM. At around 10:30 AM I was over by the counter I had set the plate of cookies down on and there was one left. By 11 they were gone. I got a lot of emails and visits to my desk with people telling me how good they were. So even though they weren't my favorite, they were certainly a hit at the office.
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This is part 3 of a three part series on Tasty Holiday Treats.
Read part 1: Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buckeyes
Read part 2: Traditional Sugar Cookies
Hot dang, how could these NOT be good! I'm buying the ingredients today. I'm all about easy.
I first read "I had never heard of them until they were suggested by my friend Jesus. I thought, Wow, these are really SPECIAL church windows!
JD: Hahaha. No, I am afraid I am not friends with Jesus. We'll have to settle for Jess' recipe.
I am all about the easy, too. These may be my go-to treat to bring in to work since they are so easy and everyone seemed to love them. I am cutting up the second roll today to bring over to my boyfriend's parent's house with some of the other treats. Hopefully everyone there will like them too!
These look like a lot of fun!
I am going to have to try them out one day!
Danielle: Compared to all the fancy baking you do these are certainly nothing special, but they are fun. I loved the way the marshmallows came out looking so bright contrasted against the dark chocolate. And there is definitely something to be said for how easy they are to make.
Wow, I wish I found this last week. What a fun recipe!
Debbie, these are certainly acceptable to make any time of the year! :)