Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Mint and chocolate are excellent companions, even when it comes to chocolate chip cookies. Here is a great recipe for mint chocolate chip cookies. It's really easy to follow and tastes great. I love them because they are so nice and soft.

With this recipe, you can use chopped mint leaves or mint extract. I prefer finely chopped mint leaves, but you can use whichever you have on hand.

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup softened butter
1 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves or 1/2 teaspoon mint extract
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups mint chocolate chips or chopped Andes mints

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, beat together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the mint and egg. You can use an electric mixer on medium speed or a spoon to mix by hand.

In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the first bowl of wet ingredients until the dough is thoroughly combined.


Stir in the mint chocolate chips. I prefer to use chopped Andes mints because they add varied texture and lots of chocolaty mint flavor.

Form the dough into about 1 1/2 inch balls. Use a cookie scoop for more uniform cookies. Space them out 2 to 3 inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake the cookies in the oven for approximately 10 to 14 minutes. They should be a light golden brown color when they are done baking.

Let them cool on the cookie sheet for about 3 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Serve with a glass of milk or a bowl of mint chip ice cream.