I made Pilgrims Hats this week, inspired by this recipe. As per usual, I tweaked the recipe a bit to put my own special touch on it :) Enjoy!!
I made two different variations of Pilgrims' Hats this week. I took Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough and let it thaw to room temperature. I mixed in 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder until completely combined. Ta-da - chocolate sugar cookies! Here's how I mixed it up:
1. I took half of the dough and rolled them into sixteen 1-inch balls, placing them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
2. I took about 1/4 bag of peanut butter chips and mixed them into the rest of the cookie dough. I rolled the rest of the dough into sixteen 1-inch balls and put them on another ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
**Tip: My oven only holds one cookie sheet per rack. I switch them halfway through to make sure the cookies are baked evenly.
4. In the meantime, melt the chocolate chips and the dark chocolate/mint chips in separate bowls. I'd do them one at a time since they harden pretty quickly.
5. Find a toothpick or something to skewer the marshmallow with. In my kitchen, I found a meat thermometer, which worked well for me. (It's all about innovation, right?)
6. Skewer the marshamllows one at a time and dip them into the chocolate until the sides and top are covered. The bottom doesn't matter, as it'll be attached to the bottom of the cookie anyway. You'll need to end up with 16 semi-sweet chocolate covered marshmallows, and 16 dark chocolate/mint covered marshmallows. Place on wax paper to dry.
7. The cookies should have finished while you were dipping the marshmallows. (Unless you're super fast at dipping, in which case, I applaud you.) Let them cool and then turn them over so that the bottoms cool as well, and they're ready to be attached.
8. Once the chocolate-covered marshmallows are dry, divide the frosting in two separate bowls. I used one with yellow food coloring and the other with blue. I did this so that I could differentiate which cookies were the peanut butter ones, and which marshmallows were the mint ones.
9. I used blue for the mint covered marshmallows. I placed the blue icing in a Ziploc bag and cut the tip off one of the ends. I drew a rectangle toward the bottom of the marshmallow to resemble a buckle. Then, put a dab of frosting on the bottom of the marshmallow and place it on top of the cookie.
10. Repeat for the peanut butter cookies. I used yellow for these ones (mostly because buckles are usually gold, and because it reminded me of the color of peanut butter. I didn't want to get confused when I was handing them out!)
11. You're all done! Put those hats on a tray and hand them out as you please. Everyone will love them!
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