Chocolate Marshmallow Drop Cookies

This is a family recipe that is made every Christmas. It's a really rich chocolate cookie and I haven't found anyone that doesn't like them and give out the recipe every time. This is the recipe I won with on the m&m's site. ENJOY!!

• Ready In: 26 mins
• Yields: 30 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup shortening
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2⁄3 cup milk

• Frosting

• 3⁄4 cup  soft butter
• 3  tablespoons water
• 2  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  cocoa
•  marshmallows

Directions

1. Cream together 1 cup sugar and 1 cup of shortening.
2. After you cream together add egg.
3. Sift together 1 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup cocoa.
4. Mix cream and sifted ingredients together and add, 1 tsp vanilla, 2/3 cup of milk mix together.
5. After ingredients are mixed together bake in a 375°F oven for 8 minutes.
6. At 8 minutes top each cookie with 1/2 a marshmallow and bake 3 minutes longer.
7. After they are cool frost with 3/4 cup soft butter, 3 T of water, 2 cup confectioners sugar 1/2 cup cocoa mix together and frost cookies.