Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies
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Get into the holiday spirit with these cookies that will make you wish it was Christmas every day of the year.
Ingredients
| ½ | cup |
butter
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
mint extract
|
* |
| ½ | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 2 | ounces |
unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened |
|
| 1 | x |
non-paralleils
multi-colored |
* |
| 2 | teaspoons |
water
|
Directions
Beat butter until soft; gradually add sugar and blend until creamy. Mix in beaten egg and extracts.
Stir salt and baking powder into flour; stir into butter/sugar mixture.
Melt chocolate in water over a double-boiler; add to dough. Form into a long roll approximately 2 to 3 inches wide. Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
Slice dough ¼ inch thick and place on greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with non-paralleils and press in slightly with back of spoon. Bake in 400℉ (200℃) oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies on rack.
CA, US
about 11 years ago
Very tasty, crispy, I added a little bit more mint extract according to the review, these cookies turned out very well.
Pensacola, United States
about 5 years ago
Does anyone have experience making these sugar free?