Name: Thin Mint Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 1 ¼ cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ½ cup; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Butter, softened - ½ cup; White sugar - 1 cup; Egg - 1; Mint extract - ½ teaspoon; Semisweet chocolate, chopped - 3 (1 ounce) squares; Butter - ¼ cup

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Thin Mint Cookies

1. All-purpose flour - 1 ¼ cups

2. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ½ cup

3. Salt - ¼ teaspoon

4. Butter, softened - ½ cup

5. White sugar - 1 cup

6. Egg - 1

7. Mint extract - ½ teaspoon

8. Semisweet chocolate, chopped - 3 (1 ounce) squares

9. Butter - ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Thin Mint Cookies

1. Stage

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. Stage

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. Stage

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. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place both cylinders in the freezer 30 minutes before baking.

5. Stage

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. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven, 10 to 12 minutes.

7. Stage

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.