Chocolate-Mint Cookies
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Chocolate-Mint Cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate -- melted and cooled
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
- Crushed hard peppermint candies, if desired
Instructions
- 1
Heat oven to 375º.
- 2
Beat sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the vanilla, egg and unsweetened chocolate in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- 3
Stir in flour and salt.
- 4
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- 5
Flatten cookies with greased bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
- 6
Bake until set, about 8 minutes.
- 7
Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
- 8
Cool cookies completely.
- 9
Spread Peppermint Frosting over each cookie to within 1/4 inch of edge.
- 10
Melt 1/4 cup butter, the corn syrup and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
- 11
Spoon or drizzle mixture over each cookie; sprinkle with crushed candies.