If you love chocolate and mint you are sure to love this homemade version of the Girl Scout Cookies.
DAY 4 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES: THIN MINT COOKIES
It’s Girl Scout cookie time which means one thing: Thin Mints. My husband loves Thin Mint Cookies and as soon as I see them being sold, I snatch some up for him. But what is a good wife to do in the off-season? Why, she makes them herself.
There are a bunch of thin mint cookie recipes floating out there. There’s the easy way with Ritz crackers and then there’s this way. It takes a little more time but they are totally worth it!
Thin Mint Cookies
To make thin mint cookies, you’ll need:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
- 2 pounds milk chocolate
Preheat oven to 325. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into bowl. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed for 1 minute. Reduce speed to medium-low, and add egg, then yolk, beating well after each addition. Beat in peppermint extract. Slowly add flour mixture, and beat until jeat incorporated. Shape dough into 2 disks, wrap each in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to 2 days.)
Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Using a 2 inch round cutter, cut out circles, and place 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Roll and cut scraps once. Freeze cookies until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disks.
Bake until cookies are dry to the touch, about 12 minutes. Transfer parchment, with cookies, to wire cooling racks, and let cool.
Melt chocolate. Dunk cookies top side first into melted chocolate.
Using a fork, turn to coat, let excess drip off, and gently scarpe bottom against edge of bowl.
Place on parchment-lined baking sheets and refrigerate until set.
Thin Mint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
- 2 pounds milk chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into bowl. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed for 1 minute. Reduce speed to medium-low, and add egg, then yolk, beating well after each addition. Beat in peppermint extract. Slowly add flour mixture, and beat until incorporated.
- Shape dough into 2 disks, wrap each in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to 2 days.)
- Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Using a 2 inch round cutter, cut out circles, and place 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Roll and cut scraps once. Freeze cookies until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disks.
- Bake until cookies are dry to the touch, about 12 minutes. Transfer parchment, with cookies, to wire racks, and let cool.
- Melt chocolate. Dunk cookies top side first into melted chocolate. Using a fork, turn to coat, let excess drip off, and gently scarpe bottom against edge of bowl. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Refrigerate until set.
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Tammy @ creativekkids says
February 27, 2015 at 10:30 amThese look so yummy! They received the most clicks this week on the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party and will be featured on next week’s party on all the hosts’s blogs!
Makasha Dorsey says
March 2, 2015 at 9:58 amThese look amazing. I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Stephanie says
March 2, 2015 at 10:05 amMmmm… these look delightful! Thanks a bunch for sharing the recipe 🙂 Hugs and blessings to you!
Bonnie Lyn Smith says
March 2, 2015 at 10:18 amWow! People like you amaze me! I can’t wait to try this out! Thank you! I love it when recipes keep it as simple as possible. Thank you!
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
March 2, 2015 at 11:27 amWhat a great idea- I spend way too much on girl scout cookies, and while I love supporting all the girl scouts in our life, those cookies are expensive! I’ll have to try this recipe!
I stopped by from Mom-2-Mom Link up.
Gentle Joy says
March 3, 2015 at 9:25 amThese look wonderful! We like the ritz cracker version too, but these look really good. 🙂
Ellen Russell says
March 3, 2015 at 3:11 pmThese look *amazing*! Right now I’m nursing a baby with food allergies, but this is going on my list of recipes to make as soon as I’m done nursing. I’m visiting from Good Tips Tuesday 🙂
Kristin O'Neil says
March 3, 2015 at 3:32 pmOh no!! It might be dangerous if I know how to make these on my own. haha. I’ll pin them and hope I can contain myself. lol.
Amy M says
March 5, 2015 at 3:39 pmDefinitely bookmarking this! I’ve tried the Ritz cracker version you reference and it didn’t really work terribly well for me. This looks really good!
Liz says
March 5, 2015 at 4:09 pmWow! These look amazing!!! I make homemade peppermint patties at Christmas time, but I think I will have to make these during the summertime! Delish!
Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom says
March 6, 2015 at 12:59 pmOh my goodness, I’m totally pinning this to my Deliberate COOKIES board. These look and sound fabulous!
Thanks for sharing and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Mary says
March 6, 2015 at 8:04 pmThese look so tasty and addicting. Definitely gotta try these out. I’ve pinned them already! 🙂 Thanks for sharing at DDT.
JES says
March 7, 2015 at 2:15 pmOh yum! I am in love with anything chocolate and mint! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us on the Art of Home-Making Mondays! 🙂
Tabitha Blue says
March 7, 2015 at 7:51 pmWay to go with that! My husband loves them too and I don’t know that I’d be brave enough to try and make them myself. Yours look great! 🙂 Thanks for linking up with the #DreamCreateInspire blog hop!
Miz Helen says
March 8, 2015 at 4:23 pmHi Stephanie,
Your Thin Mint Cookies look delicious. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Erlene says
March 8, 2015 at 5:21 pmOoo…I’ll have to give this a try. While we always buy a couple of boxes (usually more) of Girl Scout cookies, this would be a great way to save some $$$ 🙂 Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.
Eloquence says
March 12, 2015 at 12:49 pmThis looks so delicious! I’ll have to try it out sometime.
Danielle says
March 13, 2015 at 3:06 pmThose look so good. I love thin mints (in fact I think I’m going to eat one right now). I’d love for you to link up at the new party I am hosting, Idea Box. Check it out if you have a chance! 🙂
http://sundaesandspaghetti.blogspot.com/2015/03/idea-box-linkup-1.html