Moon Pie

Ingredients

Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt

Marshmallow Filling:

2 egg whites
Pinch cream of tartar
Pinch salt
2/3 cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted

Chocolate Coating:

350g semisweet chocolate
¼ cup vegetable oil

Method

To make cookies:

With a mixer on medium speed, beat the butter until creamy, about 3 minutes.

Add brown sugar and beat at medium-high speed until light and fluffy.

Reduce the speed to medium, add the egg and the vanilla extract, and beat to combine.

Reduce the speed to low, add the flour and the salt, and mix just until a soft dough forms. Divide the dough in two, shape into disks, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

preheat the oven to 175 degrees.

Line at least two baking trays and set aside.

Working with one disk at a time, roll out the dough to about 1/8-inch thickness. Using a round cutter, cut out the rounds and place them on the prepared baking sheets,
about ½ an inch apart.

Refrigerate the cookies (on the baking tray) for 10 minutes.

Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on the pans for a couple of minutes, and then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Marshmallow Filling:

Using a mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the the egg whites with the cream of tartar and the salt until firm peaks form, gradually increasing from medium-low speed to medium-high speed as the egg whites gain volume.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, boil the corn syrup over high heat without stirring until it registers 110-112 degrees on a candy thermometer.

Slowly drizzle the hot corn syrup into the egg whites and beat at high speed until glossy, about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to medium-low, beat in the vanilla extract and the powdered sugar.

sing either a pastry bag or a spoon, mound about 1½ tablespoons of marshmallow filling into the center of a cookie.

Top with another cookie and press lightly to spread the marshmallow to the edges. Add another mound on top of the second cookie, and top with another cookie, again pressing slightly to spread the filling to the edges. Repeat with the rest of the cookies.

Chocolate Coating:

Using a double boiler or in the microwave on 50% power and in 30 second increments, melt the chocolate and vegetable oil together until completely smooth.

Place the assembled cookies on a wire rack set over a sheet of wax paper. Spoon the melted chocolate over each cookie so that it runs down the sides and covers most of the cookie.

Allow to set at room temperature for about 2 hours.