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Cool mint and rich chocolate make a seductive cookie combo. One cookie batch may not be enough.

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Prep Time 2 hr 0 min
Total Time 2 hr 0 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

Cookies

1/2: cup granulated sugar

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: teaspoon vanilla

1: egg yolk

1 1/2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/4: cup unsweetened baking cocoa

Mint Filling

1/4: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: cup powdered sugar

1: tablespoon milk

1/4: teaspoon peppermint extract

2: drops green food color

1/4: cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/4: teaspoon shortening

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 350°F). In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, 1 cup butter and the vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in egg yolk until smooth. Beat in flour and cocoa.
2 Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls 1 inch apart. With index finger or thumb, make indentation in center of each ball.
3 Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4 In small bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter and the powdered sugar on low speed until smooth. Beat in milk, peppermint extract and enough food color for desired color. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon filling into each cookie.
5 Place chocolate chips and shortening in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Microwave on High about 1 minute or until softened. Gently squeeze bag until chocolate is smooth; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle chocolate over cookies. Let stand about 1 hour or until chocolate is set.

EXPERT TIPS

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Tint the cookie filling pink, and sprinkle with crushed red and white hard peppermint candies.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 80
Calories from Fat: 50),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 5g; 5%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 30mg; 30%;
Total Carbohydrate: 8g; 8%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 5g 5% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 11/28/2011 5:59:06 PM REPORT ABUSE jennatheyoungcook said:

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These cookies were fun to make, eat, and share. They look impressive on all holiday cookie spreads! I got many compliments on them, and will keep the recipe around for years to come

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Posted 4/26/2010 12:23:54 AM REPORT ABUSE kiwilovescooking said:

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These are amazing! The cookies themselves are great, a little bit brownie-like, and the creamy mint is what tops it off! Amazing, and am definietely making it again. And to other comments earlier, they looked very good for me just not AS fluffy as they looked on the picture, and they did make four dozen. The mint filling was the perfect amount for all the cookies as well. Also to another comment, homemade things can look like done by food stylists, once i made something that looked better than the picture to my cooking teacher.

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Posted 3/4/2010 6:56:58 PM REPORT ABUSE slosh29 said:

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I thought they were fine. However I thought I would respond to a couple reviews.I notice comments like these alot. Baking times, seasonings and yield (how many cookies it makes) are usually not written in stone. They are suggestions or averages! I cant speak for everyone but if something is turning black at 10 minutes and it says to bake for 20 I am not leaving it in there. Also recipes "not looking like the picture" need to realize one thing.The pictures of recipes are done by "food stylist" You can look it up but they make them look perfect for a reason.I assumed by now this would be a well known fact but based on many reviews I guess they need to point it out.Items made at home will not look like they are made by food stylists or Food Network.

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