S'mores Cookies for a cause

My husband and I are trying to adopt a baby and need as much help as we can get funding this crazy expensive endevor. We set up a webstore called  Sibling For Ambrose where we sell homemade dog biscuits, necklaces and pins that all have one thing in common, our dog-son Ambrose. While these cookies are not on the site, I had a special request to make them in exchange for a donation and I jumped at the chance. If you have a second, please read our story and check out our webstore!

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Ooey, gooey chocolate studded cookies with chunks of graham crackers, dark and semi sweet chocolate and melted marshmallow.

S'mores Cookies
yields 2 dozen
1/4 cup water
2 tbl ground flax seeds
1 cup vegan butter
3/4 cup organic light brown sugar
3/4 cup organic cane sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup roughly crushed graham crackers
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup vegan marshmallows, such as Dandies, cut into 4ths
1 dark chocolate bar, broken into squares

Preheat the oven to 350.
Combine the water and flax and chill for 10 minutes.
Cream the butter, sugars, vanilla and cinnamon until light and fluffy. Add the flax mixture and combine.
Add the flour, crushed grahams, baking soda, salt and mini chocolate chips. Mix to combine.
Scoop out balls of dough 2" apart on a greased baking sheet. Press down on each cookie very slightly to flatten. Bake for 10 minutes then add marshmallows and chocolate bar pieces over the top.
Return back to the oven and cook 2-3 minutes mores.

Raspberry S'mores with Homemade Graham Crackers

Who says you need to be outside to have s'mores? I certainly enjoy them more in the privacy of my own air conditioned home! And when fresh graham crackers and fruity flavored chocolate are in the mix, being around a fire is the last thing I'm thinking about. There is no poking a stick through these bad boys.

Homemade graham crackers, slabs of raspberry chocolate, fresh raspberries and vegan marshmallows. Pretty sure it doesn't get any better!

Graham Crackers
1 cup earth balance vegan butter, room temperature
3/4 cup, packed organic dark brown sugar
2 tbl amber agave
1 1/2 cup ap flour
1 cup graham flour
1/2 cup raw wheat germ
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tbl organic cane sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
parchment paper

Beat the butter, brown sugar and agave together until light and fluffy.
Combine all of the remaining ingredients in a bowl except cane sugar and cinnamon. Add to the butter in two stages.
Continue to beat with a paddle attachment until the dough comes together.
Divide the dough into three. Roll out each ball of dough between two pieces of parchment into a rectangle. Trim the edges with a knife to form a perfectly straight shape.
Score the dough into 3" strips, be carefully not to cut fully through the dough. This way they will be able to cook as one but break off easily.
With the remaining scraps of dough, form a fourth rectangle and repeat.
Chill dough in the freezer for 20 minutes, meanwhile, preheat your oven to 350.
Prick each graham cracker with a fork several times and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar.
Bake for 10 minutes, turning once after 5. Let cool for 5 minutes on the tray then remove and cool on a rack. Once cool, break apart.

S'mores
1-lb 58% chocolate, in chunks
2 tbl raspberry jam
fresh raspberries
graham crackers
vegan marshamallows, like Dandies

Combine the chocolate and jam in a bowl. Pop in the microwave for only 30 seconds. Stir the warmed chocolate until all of the remaining chunks are gone and the mixture is smooth.
Set a piece of parchment on a tray. Pour the chocolate over the parchment and quickly spread out thin. Use a knife to score strips so once the chocolate has firmed up, it will break apart easily.
After a couple minutes once the chocolate is tacky but not totally firm, press a few fresh raspberries into each strip. Chill in the fridge until hard, about 15-20 minutes.

To melt the marshmallows, assemble a s'more without a top cracker and place it under the broiler for just a few seconds until browned and melty.