Minty Shamrock Cookies
End your St. Patrick’s Day meal with the sweet, chocolatey Minty Shamrock Cookies.
Servings 20 cookies
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces European-style butter cold and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup packed finely-chopped mint leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
- 1 egg cold
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 8- ounce baking chocolate melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Put butter in a stand mixer bowl and mix on low setting, slowly adding sugar. Increase speed to medium and add mint, salt, vanilla, mint extract, and egg. Beat until loosely combined. Add flour in 1/2 cup increments, until combined but still crumbly.
- Place dough on parchment on the counter. Using your hands, press dough together. Top with an additional piece of parchment and roll out until 1/3-inch thickness. Cut desired shapes and place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Bake in the oven for 9-12 minutes, until done but not browned. Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to a baking rack to completely cool.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave at 30 percent power. Dip one-half of cookies into chocolate and place on parchment to harden.
Notes
Use a set of chopsticks on both sides of the dough as a guide to roll out the perfect dough thickness.
Be sure that all the ingredients are cold. This helps contain the spread of the cookies to maintain their shape.
Be sure that all the ingredients are cold. This helps contain the spread of the cookies to maintain their shape.