Saturday, August 03, 2024
Recipe Round Up: Chocolate Mint Cookies
These unassuming little cookies are quite delicious and simple to make. Their inspiration was really a deadline for a bake sale and a plethora of mint chips in our freezer. They are super simple, coming together much like chocolate chip cookies, and are a great treat for any time.
2 cups pastry flour
2/3 cups cocoa powder (preferably dark/Dutch processed cocoa)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or paste
3 eggs
2 cups mint chips (or mint chocolate chips)
Everyone in America knows how to make drop cookies, but just in case: Preheat oven to 350˚F. Line several cookie sheets/jelly roll pans with parchment paper.
Whisk together pastry flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In a larger bowl, cream butter with both sugars, until light and frothy. Add in vanilla extract, mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in mint chips.
Scoop by 2 tablespoonfuls onto parchment lined pans, about two inches apart (I really put them about an inch and a half apart and they're fine). Bake for 9 - 12 minutes. Let cool a couple minutes on the pan, then remove to cooling rack and cool completely. Store in airtight container. If you have any left. This makes about 4 dozen cookies, give or take a few.
Labels: Homemaking, Recipes, Tales from the Kitchen
