Thin Mint Cookies
Description
If you love chocolate thin mints, you are sure to love this homemade version of the Girl Scout cookies.
Ingredients
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1 cup white sugar
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1 egg
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1/2 teaspoon mint extract
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3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
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1/4 cup butter
Directions
1
Beat 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl until creamy. Add sugar and beat until mixed well. Beat in egg and mint extract.
2
Sift flour, cocoa, and salt together into a small bowl. Add flour mixture, in two portions, into creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
3
Divide dough in half. Roll dough on a lightly floured surface into two 1 1/2-inch diameter cylinders. Wrap each cylinder in waxed paper; refrigerate 5 hours.
4
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place both cylinders in the freezer 30 minutes before baking.
5
Working with one cylinder at a time, slice 1/4-inch-thick pieces with a very sharp knife. Place on cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart.
6
Bake in the preheated oven, 10 to 12 minutes.
7
Melt chocolate and 1/4 cup butter in a double boiler or the microwave. Drizzle over warm cookies. Place cookies on a wire rack to cool and harden completely.