Momofuku Holiday Cookies

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Momofuku Holiday Cookies

What you need for the cornflake crunch:

5 cups cornflake cereal

1/2 cup milk powder

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

9 tablespoons melted butter

What you need for the cookie:

2 sticks butter, at room temperature

1 1/4 cups sugar

2/3 cups light brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt

the cornflake crunch

2/3 cup chocolate covered candies

1 1/4 cup mini marshmallows

What you do:

For the cornflake crunch, preheat the oven to 275 F. Mix all the ingredients together and spread them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes.

For the cookies, combine the butter and sugars in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix in the eggs and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until the dough just comes together. On low speed, add the cornflake crunch and chocolate covered candies. Then mix in the mini marshmallows. Chill the dough for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Portion the dough with an ice cream scoop on top of a parchment lined baking sheet about 4 inches apart from each other. Bake them for 18 minutes.