Tonight I was in the mood for something minty. I found this simple recipe for mint chocolate chip cookies from Betty Crocker so I decided to try it. It was a 2010 Prize Winning recipe so I figured it must be very good. I thought I had gone a little heavy on the mint extract (great find), but after the cookies were done I thought the flavor was just right. I added creme de menthe chips and the recipe also called for semi sweet chocolate chunks which I thought might have been too much so I ommited them. I like the cookies, but they definitely needed that extra chocolate bite. I will try again and add milk chocolate chunks or chips the next time. I also just had the idea that these would be great for ice cream sandwiches. YUM!
Recipe:
1 pouch sugar cookie mix ( or use your own sugar cookie recipe)
1 egg
6-8 drops green food coloring
1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 to 1/2 tsp mint extract
1 cup creme de menthe baking chips
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks
1)Heat oven to 350 F.
2)In large bowl stir in cookie mix, butter, extract, food coloring, and egg until soft dough forms. I use my mixer instead of stiring by hand.
3)Stir in both chips
4)Using small cookie scoop or teaspoons, drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet
5)Bake 8-10 minutes or until set
6)Cool 3 minutes, remove to wire rack
Makes 36 cookies
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