Brian's Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

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Title: Brian's Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

1/2 c Butter, unsalted
1 c Sugar, granulated
1 lg Egg, beaten
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 ts Mint extract
1/2 c Flour, unbleached
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking powder
2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened
Non-paralleils,
=multi-colored
2 ts 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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