Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

These cookies have been on the back-burner for a while now.  I really wanted to make them because I am a sucker for chewy chocolate things.  And mint is fabulous, as long as it's not peppermint because that is too close to toothpaste for me.  So these cookies are perfect!  But I will admit, the first bite I took immediately hit me like it's a Christmas cookie & I should have waited longer to make it.  Now I kind of want Christmas to come.  Okay, not really, but it would be perfect for Christmas, so hold on to this one for neighbor gifts!

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Lightly altered from Tastes Better From Scratch by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 (12oz) package Guittard Mint Chocolate Chips

1. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter, sugar, eggs, & vanilla until light & fluffy.
2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda & salt in a separate bowl.  Gradually add to wet mixture until combined.
3. Fold in mint chips.
4. Spoon cookie dough onto parchment lined baking sheets.  Bake at 350˚F for 8-10 minutes (they will look underdone, but will finish baking on the pan as they cool.)

*Makes about 3 dozen medium/large cookies.

These cookies have been on the back-burner for a while now.  I really wanted to make them because I am a sucker for chewy chocolate things.  And mint is fabulous, as long as it's not peppermint because that is too close to toothpaste for me.  So these cookies are perfect!  But I will admit, the first bite I took immediately hit me like it's a Christmas cookie & I should have waited longer to make it.  Now I kind of want Christmas to come.  Okay, not really, but it would be perfect for Christmas, so hold on to this one for neighbor gifts!

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Lightly altered from Tastes Better From Scratch by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 (12oz) package Guittard Mint Chocolate Chips

1. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter, sugar, eggs, & vanilla until light & fluffy.
2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda & salt in a separate bowl.  Gradually add to wet mixture until combined.
3. Fold in mint chips.
4. Spoon cookie dough onto parchment lined baking sheets.  Bake at 350˚F for 8-10 minutes (they will look underdone, but will finish baking on the pan as they cool.)

*Makes about 3 dozen medium/large cookies.