Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies


Submitted By: Mary Harvey

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 11 broken pieces
  • Thin Mint cookies
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

    • Instructions


    Preheat oven to 350º.
    Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars until combined. Reduce speed to low and add egg, vanilla, and peppermint extract; mix until combined. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and Thin Mint cookies until just combined.
    Drop by rounded tablespoons of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets spacing 1½ inches between each. Bake cookies until edges have just begun to set but centers are still very soft, 8-10 minutes.
    Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Yields: 2 dozen cookies.