Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Enjoy soft and chewy Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies flavored with peppermint and packed with mint and chocolate chips.
Equipment
- oven
- Mixing bowls
- Hand mixer or stand mixer
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
- Wire racks
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1⅔ cups all purpose flour spooned into the measuring cups and leveled
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened slightly but still cool
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon pure peppermint extract
Mix-ins
- 1½ cups mint chips, chocolate chips and/or chopped Andes candies see note
Instructions
Baking Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars for 1-2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. Add egg and peppermint extract and beat until combined.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, beating until just combined. Add 1 cup of mint chips/Andes/chocolate chips (the rest will be reserved for topping the cookies).
- Scoop 2-tablespoon portions of dough and place them a couple inches apart on the baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown and the very center is still slightly underdone. Rotate the baking sheets halfway through cooking time, if necessary.
- While the cookies are still warm, use the remaining ½ cup mix-ins and nestle pieces into the tops of the cookies.
- Place the baking sheets on wire racks and allow the cookies to cool completely.
Notes
You can use one, two, or all three mix-ins - mint chips, chocolate chips, and Andes candies. Andes candies do not contain stabilizers like 'chips' do and may melt while baking.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 176kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 98mgPotassium: 20mgSugar: 16gVitamin A: 185IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 0.7mg
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