1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 c Teaspoon baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Granulated sugar
1/2 c (1 stick) unsalted butter;
-at room temperature
1 Egg
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/4 ts Mint extract
FILLING
2 1/2 c Sifted confectioners’ sugar
1/2 c (1 stick) unsalted butter;
-at room temperature
2 tb Milk
1/2 ts Mint extract
Red food coloring
Green food coloring
Cost: $ – Preparation Time: 15 minutes Difficulty Level: 2 Servings: 3
dozen cookies Source: Family Circle’s “All-time Favorite Recipes”
1. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into a
medium-size bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and
butter until smooth and creamy. Beat in egg, then vanilla and mint
extract.
2. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Divide dough in half;
shape each into a log about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Cover with
plastic wrap; refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.
3. Heat oven 375 degrees F. Cut each log into 1/16-inch-thick slices;
place on ungreased baking sheets
4. Bake in heated oven to 375 degrees F. oven 8 to 10 minutes or until
almost firm. Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool.
5. Prepare filling: Beat together confectioners’ sugar, butter, milk
and mint extract in a medium-size bowl until a good spreading
consistency. Divide filling in half; tint half with red food
coloring, and other half with green food coloring.
6. Spread flat side of one-quarter of the cookies with red filling and
one-quarter with green filling. Top each with a plain cookie. Chill
until set.
Nutritional Information: (per cookie) 67 Calories; 1 g Protein; 5 g
Fat; 6 g Carbohydrate;
1 mg Sodium; 9 mg Cholesterol
Yields
1 servings