This cookie recipe is a great one to prepare for after holiday thank
you gifts. The cookies are also good any time of the year as a
wonderful treat!
Ingredients
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• green mint wafers (or mix peppermint chocolate as directed below)
Directions
In a large saucepan over low heat, cook butter, sugar and water until
butter is melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially
melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is
completely melted. Pour into a large mixer bowl and let stand 10
minutes to cool. Mix at high speed and beat in eggs one at a time.
Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients. Mix until just blended.
Cover dough tightly with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour
until dough is easy to handle.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with foil. Roll
teaspoonfuls of dough onto cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Bake 12-13
minutes and NO longer. Cookies should come out of the oven looking
slightly underdone. They will crisp when cool.
Immediately after taking the cookies out of the oven, place one mint
wafer on top of each cookie. Allow mints to soften; then swirl to
cover cookie. Peppermint chocolate can be placed on top of cookies
instead of wafers. See note below. Sprinkles can be added at this
point if desired.
Making Peppermint Chocolate
You will need 1 cup white chocolate and peppermint extract to make
this. Melt the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl by
microwaving for 30 secs and then stirring. Repeat until chocolate is
partially melted. Remove from microwave and continue stirring until
chocolate is completely melted. At this point add 2-4 drops of
peppermint extract and food coloring if desired.