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Salted Caramel & Marshmallow Moon Pie

Catherine Olson
Scratch made caramel + scratch made marshmallow + scratch made cookies make this moon pie out of this world! *Plus instructions for making these treats the easy way from store bought goods instead!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients
  

Cookie

  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 16 tablespoons butter
  • 3 eggs whisked

Marshmallow

  • 1 tablespoon powdered gelatin
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup light Karo syrup
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla

Caramel

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 stick of butter
  • ½ cup of Karo syrup
  • 1 can of evaporated milk
  • 1 ¼ cup of whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt more or less to taste
  • 2 cups chopped and melted chocolate or chocolate chips

Instructions
 

Cookie

  • Blend all dry ingredients together until sifted
  • With mixer on low speed add butter one tablespoon at a time
  • Add eggs to mixture and mix to incorporate
  • Form dough into a ball and wrap in parchment paper
  • Refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to ¼ inch
  • Cut out with cookie cutters and place on an ungreased cookie sheet
  • Chill for an additional 15 minutes before baking
  • Bake for 7-10 minutes at Fahrenheit 375° until edges begin to brown
  • Transfer to cool on wire rack

Marshmallow

  • Sprinkle gelatin over water and set aside
  • Line a 9x13 high edge casserole dish with foil and grease with butter
  • Sprinkle foil with powdered sugar
  • In a small saucepan, bring water, karo syrup and sugar to a boil and cook to soft-ball stage (235°)
  • Remove from heat
  • Add gelatin mixture and let dissolve
  • In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks
  • Add syrup mixture and vanilla and continue to beat egg whites until hard peaks
  • Pour mixture into to casserole dish and leave to cool and firm

Caramel

  • Bring sugar, karo syrup, salt and cream to a boil in a large saucepan
  • Over medium high heat, stir constantly and cook to hard ball stage or 264° on a candy thermometer
  • Add evaporated milk, butter and vanilla
  • The mixture will boil and sputter, so take care not to burn yourself
  • Cook to soft ball stage or 238° on a candy thermometer
  • Pour into a full sized greased cookie sheet and allow to cool completely

Finalè

  • Place one cookie shape face up
  • Using the same cookie cutter as the cookies, cut out the same shapes for both the caramel and the marshmallow
  • Place a layer of marshmallow over the bottom cookie
  • Place a layer of caramel over the marshmallow
  • Top with a second cookie over the caramel
  • Place cookies onto a wire rack set over a cookie sheet
  • Spoon melted chocolate over tops and sides of cookie allowing the chocolate to drip over the sides of each cookie
  • Tap the wire wrack to smooth the chocolate as needed
  • Let set until dry
Keyword Moon Pie Recipe