My middle guy loves the color green and anything mint flavored. So today's treat was a no brainer! Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. I found this recipe in the Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Baking magazine from 2010. It is in a Betty Crocker advertisement on the back. I was able to find it online here.
These were so easy to make and smelled delicious while baking! I had to substitute a few things, because I wasn't about to take 3 small children out in the cold to the grocery store to pick up what the recipe actually called for.
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- *1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
- *1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- *1/2 teaspoon mint extract
- *6 to 8 drops green food color
- *1 egg
- *1 cup creme de menthe baking chips
- *1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
Directions
- 1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, extract, food color and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in creme de menthe baking chips and chocolate chunks.
- 2 Using small cookie scoop or teaspoon, drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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3
Bake
8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 3 minutes; remove from cookie sheet
to wire rack. Serve warm or cool completely. Store tightly covered at
room temperature.
Once mixed up and scooped onto the cookie tray these reminded me of mint chocolate chip ice cream, one of my favorites!
I didn't have any mint extract, so I used peppermint instead. I also didn't have any chocolate chunks, but I did have some red and green chocolate chips so we used those instead! They also helped to make the cookies look a little more festive.
Other than my Kitchen Aid mixer, one of my next favorite items in my kitchen is my Pampered Chef cooling racks. We have a decent counter, but it always seems to be filled with junk. As hard as I try to keep it clean the junk comes back with in a few days. So to help when I'm short on space the fact that these stack are amazing! I have 3 total and I'm not sure what I would do without them.
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