If you’re an avid reader of the blargh blog, then you know that David and I haven’t made sweets in a really, really long time. I sort of lost my sweet tooth for a while, but it came back with a vengeance this past week.
Enter: my annual Celebration of Mint and Chocolate Desserts!
I’ve done a grasshopper pie, mint and chocolate cupcakes, grasshopper cocktails.
And now— mint cookies.
After not baking for months and months, I whipped up something using three sticks of butter. Oh, well. So much for healthy eating, inspired by watching the Olympics.
I came home from work super grouchy and head-achey and stressed on Monday. I had already tweeted that the only solace I was going to find was going to be in cake. (Hi, my name is Emily and I eat my feelings.)
David had made a delightfully healthy riff on our rustic zucchini casserole, but I still needed something chocolate after dinner. It was that bad of a day.
So, I went to a go-to sugar cookie recipe, and kicked it up with my favorite flavor combination. It made me so happy to be back in the kitchen again, hovering over my KitchenAid mixer and filling the house with the scent of baking cookies. Back in the groove!
Plenty of Enjoy-Mint Cookies
Sugar Cookie Base- taken directly from MyRecipes.com
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/4 cups AP flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Mint Icing
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp mint flavoring
- milk, as needed
- Preheat your oven to 350*. Lightly grease a cookie sheet and set aside.
- In your stand mixer, whip 1 cup butter and 1 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and beat until combined.
- Slowly add the flour and then the cocoa powder and salt. Mix until combined.
- Take about 1 tablespoon of dough and roll in your palms till you get a sphere. Space on your cookie sheet and squish them down slightly into disks. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until edges are set.
- To make the frosting, beat together butter and powdered sugar until consistency is thick. Add vanilla extract. Then, add at least 1 1/2 teaspoons of mint flavoring; add more if you need a more minty flavor!
- If icing is still too thick, add milk gradually to thin.
- Refrigerate icing for at least 20 minutes prior to assembling cookies.
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Those sound AMAZING. And they’re so, so pretty. (P.S. I eat my feelings too.)
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thanks! i was so happy there was enough light to photo them last night!
i don’t trust people who don’t stress-eat. seriously. isn’t it natural> i hope it’s natural.
I love mint cookies. These look great. I have a link party, and I would love it if you would link this post. It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party. You can find it at
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/08/natural-translucent-face-powder-update.html
I hope to see you there. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
Adorned From Above
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
thanks, debi! i’ll do that when i get home!
thanks, debi! would you mind checking out my link party, too? http://www.happyhomeblog.com/weekend-warrior/new-feature-weekend-warrior-link-party/
I am drooling…drooling I tell you! I’m on the same wave-length with you this week (not from stress though). Last night I asked D if butter-cream icing sounded good. Just the icing. No cake or anything. He looked at me like I was a little nutso. ;)
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These have plenty of frosting!!! Just how I like them! These look awesome!
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These are soooooooooooooo beautiful and look so DELICIOUS
I actually never made mint-cookies and I’d love ot
Thanks for sharing
I am a mint kind of girl, through and through. These look fabulous! I’ll be sure to try them and feature them on my blog. :) Can’t wait to hear more from ya!
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Thank you so much for linking up to Tasty Thursdays last week. Hope to see you again this week!! The party is live at http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursdays-3.html
Nichi – The Mandatory Mooch
thanks, nichi! i’m heading over now. i’d love it if you checked out my new link party! http://www.happyhomeblog.com/weekend-warrior/new-feature-weekend-warrior-link-party/
What did u use as “mint” flavoring? We can’t use extract because it has alcohol in it and my daughter has fructose intolerance. I tried mint leaves in an ice cream shake and she said it tasted like a leaf! LOL
hmmm. we totally just use mint extract. i wonder if you can use mint tea?
Hmm, I’ll have to look into that at the next time I go to the store. Thanks for the idea! They look delicious, btw!
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