Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
You can add more or less for the mint flavour depending on your preference. Be careful though, a little drop can be quite powerful.
SERVES
16
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
15
MINUTES
Ingredients
- 125g dark chocolate, broken into small even size pieces
125g soft butter
1 tsp peppermint extract
110g golden caster sugar
30g cocoa powder, sieved
150g plain flour
1 tsp bread soda, sieved
1 egg
To decorate:
125g dark chocolate, broken into small even size pieces
1 tsp peppermint extract - optional
Method
Melt the chocolate and then set aside to cool – it should be near room temperature but not cooled so much that it resets.
Line two large flat baking trays with parchment and pre heat your oven to 170°C.
Beat the butter, peppermint extract and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the melted chocolate.
Mix the cocoa powder, flour and bread soda together then combine these with the butter mixture.
Use two soupspoons to put blobs of the mixture onto your prepared trays. I usually make about 16. Bake for about 15 minutes until beginning to set but still a little soft. Once cool enough to handle place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Melt the chocolate and add the mint if you like your cookies to be particularly minty or omit it if you just want a hint of mint. Dip each cookie into the melted chocolate, shake off any excess and then leave to harden.
