Chocolate Cookies with Lots of Fresh Mint. Mint chocolate has a whole new meaning with these fresh mint chocolate chip cookies. The flavor from the fresh mint will convert you for life, you will never I feel like I am a fairly shy person. I don't like to brag about myself much and I often feel uncomfortable when a lot of attention is directly on me. These cookies remind me of the "Thin Mint" biscuits that the Girl Scouts of America sell. Kevin I have lots of chocolate mint (kind of smells like andes candies).

How can I preserve it for winter, and how can I make tea out of it? These Chocolate Mint Cookies are absolutely next level; a thick and chewy chocolate cookie with bits of chopped andes mints inside. I spend a lot of time baking, and I have tons of favorite cookie recipes, but I can confidently say these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are at the top of the list! You can have Chocolate Cookies with Lots of Fresh Mint using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cookies with Lots of Fresh Mint

Prepare 120 grams of Butter (unsalted).
Prepare 120 grams of Granulated sugar.
It's 1 of Egg.
You need 1 pinch of Salt.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Milk or heavy cream.
You need 220 grams of ＊Cake flour.
Prepare 30 grams of ＊Cocoa.
It's 1/4 tsp of ＊Baking powder.
You need 30 grams of Chocolate (semi-sweet).
Prepare 200 ml of Mint leaves.
It's 1 of Granulated sugar (to finish).

This is a melt in your mouth chocolate cookie that has a chocolate mint frosting. But these cookies remained on my platter for days and half got thrown away. With the amount of butter / choco chips & mints used they are an expensive alternative to a regular chocolate cookie. If you have lots of fresh mint growing at your back yard, these delicious chocolate chip mint cookies should definitely be on your "to-bake" list!

Chocolate Cookies with Lots of Fresh Mint instructions

Chop the chocolate into small pieces and the mint leaves roughly into large pieces. Mix all the ingredients marked ＊ and set aside..
Bring the butter to room temperature, add the granulated sugar and salt, and mix well until the mixture turns white..
Mix the egg and milk, divide into 3 batches, add to the stirred butter and mix it all together..
Add the ＊ ingredients to the bowl and mix in. Then add the chocolate and mint leaves and mix it all together..
Divide the dough into 3 sticks, then wrap each and let rest in the freezer for 1.5 hours until they have chilled and hardened..
Sprinkle granulated sugar, cut into 7 mm cookies and bake for 13-15 minutes in a 175°C (340°F) oven..
Transfer to a rack, and when they are cooled, they are done..

Stir in mint leaves and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Drop cookies by tablespoons-ful onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment papper. I've made mint ice cream with both fresh peppermint and spearmint interchangeably, and not noticed any big difference. Mint chocolate cookies taste a lot like Thin Mints, only better! Surprise someone you love with these as the perfect gift!