Cuckoo Cookies

Directions

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   Preheat oven to 350*.
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   COOKIES:
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   Cream shortening and sugar.
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   Add eggs, mixing well.
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   Stir in milk.
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   (is going to be VERY RUNNY, careful!:).
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   Add soda, salt, vanilla, cocoa, and flour.
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   Mix well.
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   **just a heads up** This dough is VERY SOFT.
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    Almost sticky even.
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    But I didn't add more flour, I left the recipe as it was.
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    Drop slightly heaping teaspoonfuls onto a sprayed cookie sheet.
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    (I did 12 to a sheet and they didn't spread out and touch each other).
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    Bake for 6 minutes.
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    Take out of the oven and top each cookie with 1 marshmallow half, cut side down.
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    Return to oven, bake an additional 3 minutes.
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    ***Ifyou wanted to add a walnut half, I would do it at this point, stick it right into the soft marshmallow***.
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    Marshmallow will be puffy, but will fall a bit after being out of the oven awhile.
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    Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before removing to cookie rack to finish cooling.
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    FROSTING:
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    Mix all ingredients well.
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    Take a small spoon, a teaspoon would be plenty, scoop up some frosting and drizzle over cookies.
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    The recipe says to spread cookies with frosting.
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    NO WAY!
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    It rips the marshmallow all up and looks awful.
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    So, I added a bit more milk than the original recipe called for, to make the frosting more like a glaze so it would look nicer.