Chocolaty Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 packets instant mint flavored hot cocoa (approx. 1 ½ oz. packets)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 cups chocolate mint chips or finely chopped chocolate mint pieces (like Andes chocolate mint pieces)

Directions:

1.
In a bowl beat butter on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add brown
sugar, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla beat until combined. In
another bowl combine baking soda, salt, cocoa, instant mint cocoa
packets, and flour; sift all these dry ingredients until well combined.
Beat in as much of the flour mixture as you can with the mixer. With a
wooden spoon, stir in remaining flour mixture. Stir in mint chocolate
chips/or mint pieces. Refrigerate about 6 hours.

2. Roll into 1
inch balls. Place 2-3 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Dip
the bottom of a drinking glass in sugar and flatten the dough balls to
about 3/8 inches. The sugar on the bottom of the glass prevents the
dough from sticking while flattening. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10
minutes. Cool on wire rack. This recipe makes 60 cookies.

This
recipe was created about a half hour ago while craving the thin mint
cookies that the girl scouts sell. Would love to hear how you like
them.

Thanks to Steve Johnson for this great cookie recipe!