These cookies are in our new arsenal of cookies used both
to welcome guests to the conference center and to send
home in our cookie box sales at the end of the weekend.
These cookies taste like Girl Scouts Thin Mints - but
homemade!
Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1½ t. vanilla
3¼ c. all purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
½ t. salt
2 c. mint chips
¼ c. cocoa powder
¼ c. whole milk
3 oz. chocolate, melted (see note below)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In the mixing bowl opf the
mixer, using the whisk attachment, cream together the
butter and both sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla
and mix until well combined. With mixer on medium speed,
drizzle in melted chocolate then scrape down the sides
of the bowl. Add milk and mix to incorperate. In a separate
bowl, mix the all purpose flour, baking powder, baking
soda, salt and cocoa powder. Add dry ingredients to wet
ingredients and mix until combined, then add mint chips.
Spoon onto cookie sheets and bake for 7-10 minutes.
Note on melting chocolate: The best method to
melting chocolate is using a double boiler. If you don't
own a double boiler, you can improvise by placing a mixing
bowl over a sauce pan with a little bit of water in it.
Be sure that the bowl fits tightly and that the water
level does not touch the bottom of the bowl. Also make
sure that the bowl in which you are going to place the
chocolate is completely dry along with any utensils you
may use to stir it. If any moisture gets into the melting
chocolate, it will "break" causing the chocolate
to become grainy and lumpy instead of smooth.
