Brian's Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

* Exported from MasterCook *

Brian's Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

Recipe By : Jason McDonald <jmcdonald@voyageur.ca>
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies Nuts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 c Butter -- unsalted
1 c Granulated sugar
1 lg Egg -- beaten
1/2 t Vanilla extract
1/2 t Mint extract
1/2 t Mint extract
1/2 c Flour -- unbleached
1/4 t Salt
1/2 t Baking powder -- double-acting
2 oz Chocolate -- unsweetened
Non-paralleils -- multi-colored
2 t Water

Beat butter until soft; gradually add sugar and blend until creamy. Mix in
beaten egg and extracts. DON'T USE A FOOD PROCESSOR!!! 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" - 3" wide. Wrap dough with plastic wrap and
chill overnight. Slice dough 1/4" thick and place on greased cookie
sheet. Sprinkle with non-paralleils and press in slightly with back of
spoon. Bake in 400 degree oven for 8 - 10 minutes. Cool cookies on rack.
Vicki's notes: * Can substitute 3 oz. semi-sweet chips for the
chocolate. * These cookies came about when my husband asked me to make
chocolate-mint cookies for Christmas. (They are based on the refrigerator
cookies in "Joy of Cooking," with my own variations.) Although
disappointed because he really wanted Girl Scout cookies (!), everybody
else likes them and I've had several requests for the recipe. (Actually, my
husband usually asks for chocolate chip cookies, no matter what time of
year...)




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