Chocolate Mint Cookies

Here is another one of the recipes that I cam up with during my week of houses sitting. This recipe was inspired by all the recipes for the girl guide thin mint cookies. However the recipe needed a few changes, and the cookie texture was off. The addition of the cornstarch made for an unpleasant cookie, also there wasn't enough chocolate for the entire recipe. You may wish to prepare 1.5-2 times the chocolate listed to finish all the cookies. So this is my recipe for Chocolate Mint Cookies.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Mint Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup coconut sugar
1/3 cup 1% milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp baking soda
6 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

Topping:

200g 72% dark chocolate
100g mint flavoured dark chocolate
1 tsp mint extract

Preparation:

Cream together butter and coconut sugar. Add milk, vanilla, and mint extracts. Mix well. Add dry ingredients, mix well and roll into a log. Wrap in plastic wrap and allow to chill for 1-2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Once the dough is chilled cut cookies into 1/4" thick circles and place onto cookie sheets. Bake for 12-14 minutes.

Allow the cookies to cool fully, then melt the chocolate. The chocolate can be melted using the double boiler method, or in a microwave safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds. Once the chocolate is melted, add in the mint extract and mix well. Dip the cookies into the chocolate and sit on cooling racks to set.

If you have extra cookies that didn't get the chocolate, they can be frozen and finished another day.