How to Make Rocky Road Cookies

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Rocky Road is especially good; chocolate, almonds, marshmallows? Who wouldn't go for that? Here is a beginner-friendly recipe for Rocky Road cookies, a delicious treat for any occasion!

Yields: 2 dozen large cookies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter (1 stick, softened to room temperature)
  • 1 cup pure cane sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup Dutch cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • â…“ cup sliced almonds or 24 chocolate covered almonds
  • â…“ cup mini marshmallows, each cut in half

Steps

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  1. Step 1 Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C/gas 5).
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    Always preheat the oven before you begin baking. This makes it so that the cookies can go directly into the oven instead of sitting out and losing moisture.
    • Make sure that the oven rack is in the middle.
  2. Step 2 Cream the butter and sugar.
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    Make sure that the butter is good and soft, this makes for a fluffier dough. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl (at least 2 quarts).
    • Begin mixing on medium speed with a standard electric mixer. Keep mixing until the mixture is light and fluffy.
    • Make sure that your butter is not warm or melted. This will cause the cookies to not rise properly and they will be less airy.
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  3. Step 3 Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the bowl.
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    Mix them into the butter and sugar on low speed with the mixer. Continue mixing until smooth and completely combined.
    • Pause the mixer a few times to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. This ensures that the eggs and sugar especially are well distributed throughout the mixture.
  4. Step 4 Combine all the dry ingredients.
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    In a separate bowl, place the flour, Dutch cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients together using a wire whisk until well blended.
    • If it appears clumpy, sift it into the bowl to ensure a fine mixture.
    • When measuring the ingredients, make sure that you make them exact by leveling off the top with a butter knife.
    • Do not stir vigorously because if you do, the dry ingredients will fly out of the bowl and make a mess.
    • Make sure that the Dutch cocoa powder is evenly distributed throughout the mixture.
  5. Step 5 Add the dry ingredients to the creamed ones in the other bowl.
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    Mix on low speed until a soft, dark brown dough forms.
    • Add the dry ingredients ½ cup at a time to ensure a uniform dough.
    • Pause the mixer once or twice to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula before resuming.
  6. Step 6 Fold the sliced almonds and mini marshmallows into the dough with the rubber spatula.
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    Mix until evenly combined throughout the dough.
    • If you are using chocolate covered almonds, do not add them at this point. Press one chocolate covered almond in the top of each cookie on its way into the oven.
  7. Step 7 Drop 24 heaping spoonfuls of the dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
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    Space each spoonful about 2 inches apart. This gives the cookies plenty of room to expand in the oven.
    • Round and gently flatten each dough ball with your clean hands before putting the trays into the oven.
  8. Step 8 Place the cookie sheets in the oven and let the cookies bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
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    When you remove them from the oven they should be soft and slightly gooey in the centers.
    • When checking to see if the cookies are done, look for small cracks on the tops. The edges should be slightly firmer than the rest of the cookie.
  9. Step 9 Transfer the cookies to wire cooling racks immediately after removal from the oven.
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    Using a metal spatula, carefully lift each cookie from the cookie sheets and move them to cooling racks.
  10. Step 10 Allow the cookies 5 minutes to cool before serving.
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    • Serve warm with a glass of cold milk or chilled with a scoop of ice cream!
    • Or, store the cookies in an airtight plastic container and keep them in a cool, dry area.
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      Things You'll Need

      • 2 large mixing bowls
      • Standard electric mixer
      • Measuring cups and spoons
      • Butter knife
      • Spoon
      • Wire whisk
      • Rubber spatula
      • Ungreased cookie sheets
      • Wire cooling racks
      • Metal spatula

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