Description
Chocolate mint cookies deliver a delightful fusion of rich cocoa and cool peppermint. Crisp edges and gooey centers make these treats irresistible for chocolate enthusiasts who crave a refreshing dessert experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ cups (284 g) butter, softened
- 2 cups (400 g) sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (75 g) baking cocoa
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 32 chocolate-covered thin mints
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), creating an ideal baking environment with consistent temperature.
- Creaming Process: Whip unsalted butter and granulated sugar using an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy, achieving a pale, airy consistency.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Gently fold in eggs one at a time, ensuring complete incorporation after each addition. Blend in vanilla extract until smooth and uniform.
- Dry Ingredient Combination: Sift together all-purpose flour, unsweetened baking cocoa, baking soda, and fine sea salt to eliminate potential lumps and ensure even distribution.
- Dough Formation: Methodically combine wet and dry ingredients, mixing until a cohesive chocolate cookie dough develops, being careful not to overmix.
- Cookie Shaping and Baking: Drop uniform dough rounds onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-9 minutes, watching for subtle surface cracking and a slightly puffy appearance.
- Cooling and Assembly: Remove cookies from the oven and let them cool briefly on the baking sheet. Transfer half the batch to wire racks, then place a mint chocolate patty in the center of each cookie.
- Sandwich Creation: Top the mint-centered cookies with the remaining cookies, applying gentle pressure to form delicate mint chocolate sandwich cookies.
- Final Setting: Allow the cookies to cool completely, permitting the mint filling to set and the cookies to reach optimal texture and flavor.
Notes
- Perfect Cookie Consistency: Mix butter and sugar until pale and fluffy to create a light, tender cookie texture that melts in your mouth.
- Prevent Overmixing: Fold dry ingredients gently into wet mixture, stopping just when combined to maintain a soft, delicate cookie crumb.
- Precise Baking Timing: Watch for subtle surface cracks and puffy edges, which signal perfect doneness without risking dry or burnt cookies.
- Mint Chocolate Technique: Place mint patty immediately after baking while cookies are still warm, allowing gentle melting for smooth, seamless sandwich filling.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 17
- Calories: 305
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg