Why you’ll love this rocky road cookie recipe
As I sit here, drinking my first cup of coffee for the day, I know there are NEW episodes of Gilmore girls waiting for me on Netflix. It’s a really weird feeling. Part of me wants to drop what I’m doing and binge watch all day, but that’s obviously unrealistic, mostly because I don’t think my two year old would appreciate the show at all. She’s a little partial to Daniel Tiger right now, but I’m actually waiting for my husband to watch it. He says he doesn’t care about it, but I’ve forced him to watch the original series so many times that it just doesn’t feel right to watch it without him.
This week’s Friday Night Dinner recipe is rocky road cookies. From one of the very first episodes of Gilmore girls, Love, War and Snow, and Rory brings Dean a big batch of rocky road cookies – because she doesn’t like them – before leaving for Hartford and getting stranded in the snow. Leaving Lane to fend for herself during the hair touching debacle and letting Lorelai have her very first date with Max. One of my favorite episodes, mostly because of the snow.
I think I’ll start streaming this afternoon, and make us a big batch of Patty’s Founder’s Day Punch tonight to finish off the series. I’m also debating cheeseburgers for dinner. A Gilmore classic, that should probably be followed by massive amounts of Red Vines and popcorn while we watch. What do you think?
More gilmore girls inspired recipes: magic risotto / apple tarts / baked Alaska cupcakes / salted chocolate pudding
Ingredient notes:
- Chocolate chips – Use your favorite dairy free or planted based chocolate chips.
- Vegetable shortening – I used a butter flavored shortening for this recipe, but you can substitute vegan butter or traditional butter.
- Marshmallows – Using a jumbo marshmallow cut in half keeps the marshmallow centered when it is melted. You could substitute mini marshmallows, but you may need to place a few on each cookie for the same marshmallow to cookie ratio.
Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
How to make these rocky road cookies
Mix the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Beat the wet ingredients. Cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy – about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until combined.
Combine everything. Slowly add flour mixture until everything is well combined. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Scoop the dough. Using a cookie scoop, assemble dough on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 350˚F for 9 minutes in a preheated oven.
Add marshmallows. After the 9 minutes has past, remove cookies from the oven and top cookies with marshmallow halves. Return to oven to finish baking for another 2-3 minutes.
Repeat. Continue baking in batches until all dough is baked.
Drizzle chocolate over cooled cookies and top with walnut pieces.
More dairy free cookie recipes: Kitchen sink cookies / Vegan oatmeal cookies / Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies / Lucky charms cookies
more chocolate recipes: chocolate lava cakes / dirt dessert cups / chocolate stout cake / peppermint frozen hot chocolate
Rocky Road Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, dairy free
- 1 cup walnut pieces + extra for topping
- 24 large marshmallows, cut in half
For the chocolate drizzle:
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, dairy free
- 1 – 2 teaspoons shortening
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat shortening and sugars at medium speed until light and fluffy – about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until combined. Add flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, mixing until incorporated, scrapping sides as needed.
- Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, drop 2 tablespoon balls of dough onto cookie sheet. Bake for 9 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top cookies with marshmallow halves. Return to oven for 2 – 3 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Repeat steps 6 – 7 to bake remaining cookies.
For the chocolate drizzle:
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips in 30 second intervals. Stir in shortening to smooth out the melted chocolate and allow for easier drizzling.
- Drizzle chocolate over cooled cookies and top with walnut pieces.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Recipe adapted from In Katrina’s Kitchen.
I am sure these cookies are delicious but its funny that if these were the cookies in the show Rory would be poisoning Dean since shes told in a previous episode that he is allergic to walnuts. I still want to make these