I don't mean to brag but I may have outdome myself. These things rock my socks
So let's start,
Gather the usual suspects:
2 1/4 cups All purpose flour
1/4 c. corn starch
6 tablespooons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup milk (I use 2%)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
token 1971 Sunbeam mixer
Cream butter and sugar
sift dry ingredients
flour
cocoa
corn starch
salt
alternate dry mixture and milk
add vanilla
and peppermint extract
mix til crumbly
(it will look like crumb topping to apple pie)
tear 2 sheets of aluminum foil and pour 1/2 the batter onto each sheet
shape with your hands into two logs (they will look like poo)
wrap the foil around the logs to hold their shape paying close attention to the ends to make them flat
have your beautiful assistant help you carry them to the freezer
freeze for 1-2 hours
in the meantime whip up a delicious dinner of chicken enchiladas with key lime pie for dessert
preheat oven to 350 degrees
unwrap logs and slice into quarter inch thickness
I used my cheese slicer for precise cutting but a knife will do just fine
place on ungreased cookie sheet close together (the cookies do not spread out so they can lay side by side)
bake for 13 minutes
cool on wire racks
for coating:
melt 8 ounces chocolate almond bark
in double boiler
drop cookies one at a time in melted chocolate and turn over once in chocolate
remove from chocolate with a fork and slide fork on edge of pan to remove excess
place on foil lined cookie sheets to cool
one more round in the fridge to set the chocolate and VOILA! you have your very own thin mint cookies!
Now go make some!!
love to all!
Beth
