In honor of the Game of Thrones premiere tonight, I thought it would be fun to get creative with our dinner
as I often like to do. Plus, one of our awesome friends gifted us the official G.O.T. cookbook
(A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook), which I will be
making some yummy lamb chops from! But I felt we also needed a special dessert and decided to
focus on my favorite item in the series - the moon door. For those of you that don't watch Game of Thrones
the moon door is essentially a huge hole in the floor of The Eyrie (House of Arryn) where the people that piss you off get a flight
to their demise aka fall to their death.
I actually close my eyes through half of this show because I don't really
like the barbaric crap that goes on, plus there is little redemption or lasting happiness, but it is
pretty interesting nonetheless. The characters are really good and most of them detestable, so it would
probably be shorter if I told you those I would not like to throw through the moon door
which would be Khaleesi, the Imp, Jon Snow, Arya Stark and Sansa Stark (for now -
depending on how her character develops this could change)...everyone else...see ya.
Anyways I digress, Moon pies equal happiness to me - it was a childhood favorite, but I probably wouldn't touch the
store bought ones today with a ten-foot pole...probably. We did the RC Cola and moon pies (the champagne and
caviar of the south) mashup quite frequently, even though we weren't Southern (just hillbillies apparently) - who cares it's a winning combo.
So at least, while someone is being
killed off tonight I will bury my face in one or twelve of these (and that is SO what she said)...
"Moon Door" Moon Pies
null By Marysmaking
Prep time: - Cook time: - Total time: Yield:8-10S
Ingredients
The Graham Cracker Cookies
- 2.5 cups flour (I use a mix of white and whole wheat)
- 1/2 t baking powder
- 1/2 t salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter - at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 t vanilla
The Brown Sugar Marshmallow Cream
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/8 t salt
- 2 egg whites at room temp
The Chocolate
- 10oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 - 2 T canola oil
- Directions
The Graham Cracker Cookies
In mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter for about 2 - 3 minutes, add vanilla.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl and add slowly.
Mix for about one minute or until pea/marble like consistency.
Separate dough into two balls and flatten into disk, cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to overnight.
(I did overnight).
When dough is ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Remove disks from fridge and roll out to about 1/8 inch on a floured surface.
I learned from someone wiser than me to cover the top with parchment and roll out that way so you are
constantly adding more flour to your bake good.
Using a round pastry cutter between 2.5 - 3 inches, cut out cookies.
A wide-mouth mason jar was the perfect size for me.
But cut outs on lined baking sheet back in fridge for 15 minutes.
Then bake for 10 - 12 minutes.
The Brown Sugar Marshmallow Cream
In a pan, heat sugar, corn syrup, water and salt over high heat until
candy thermometer reads 240 degrees.
While the sugary mixture is heating, beat egg whites until peaks form.
When desired temperature is reached, add 1/8 cup of hot mixture at a time to egg whites
at a time and beat on high until glossy peaks form.
It is important to add a little of the hot sugar mix at a time because it will scramble the eggs otherwise.
Assemble
Sandwich marshmallow cream between two graham cracker cookies.
Once all are complete, prepare your chocolate and dip each cookie in melted chocolate.
Let cookies set-up on a cooking rack so extra chocolate can drip off, then put back in fridge to harden a bit.
The Chocolate
Add chips and oil to microwave safe bowl.
Microwave for 30 seconds, stir then repeat until chocolate is fully melted.
Enjoy!