Valentine Chocolate Mint Cookies
From pat2me 16 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 42
A sweet treat for your Sweetheart or a great project with the kids. These heart shaped chocolate mint cookies are dipped in a chocolate mint coating on one side. They are a lovely treat to offer anyone. Nestles used to offer semi-sweet mint chips, this recipe is from Nestles 1987. Read more The chips are swirled now I think, but the taste is the same, sort of like a Thin Mint girl Scout cookie but not so sweet. See less
Ingredients
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- 1 10 ounce package (11/2 cups) mint chcolate morsels, divided shopping list
- 1 Cup of flour shopping list
- 3/4 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/4 Cup butter, softened shopping list
- 6 Tbl sugar shopping list
- 1/2 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- glaze shopping list
- 1 C mint chocolate morsels, reserved shopping list
- 1/4 Cup vegetable shortening shopping list
- 3 Tbl corn syrup shopping list
- 2 1/4 tsp water shopping list
How to make it
- Cookies
- Melt 1/2 Cup of chips over hot, not boiling water, stir until smooth (or microwave), set aside
- In a small bowl combine dry ingredients; set aside
- In a large bowl combine butter, sugar and vanilla and beat until creamy
- Beat in egg and melted morsels
- Gradually beat in flour mixture
- Shape dough into ball and wrap in wax paper, chill for about 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350F
- On lightly floured board, roll out dough to about 3/16" thickness, if dough is too dry wet hands with water and work dough until rolling consistency.
- Cut with a 2" heart shaped cookie cutter
- Reroll remaining dough and cut out.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet
- Bake for 8-10 minutes and cool completely on wire racks
- Glaze
- Combine over hot(not boiling) water the remaining 1 cup of morsels, shortening, corn syrup and water; stir until morsels are melted and mixture is smooth
- Remove from heat but keep over hot water
- Dip 1/2 of each cookie into glaze and place on waxed paper lined cookies sheets
- Chill 10 minutes until set, store with wax paper between layers
- Makes about 3 1/2 dozen 2" cookies
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
I love chocolate mint anything This is great!
artichokehearts
in Seattle loved it
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Really delicious and a great one for valentine.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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Ok, you got my attention! Sounds divine!! got my 5
shirleyoma
in Cove loved it
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