Chocolate Mint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, (softened)
- 1 and one half cups granulated sugar
- One half cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- One half tsp. peppermint extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- One third unsweetened cocoa
- One half tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 12 creme de menthe candies cut in half diagonally
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine butter, 1 cup of granulated sugar and brown sugar in a bowl and beat with mixer until creamy
- Add egg, vanilla and peppermint extract and continue beating until well mixed
- Add flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt and continue beating
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll through remaining sugar
- Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10 - 13 minutes
- As soon as you remove them from the oven press one half of a creme de menthe candy on each cookie
- Cool before serving
Notes
Use your favorite sugar and egg substitute