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Chocomint Cookies with Milk Chocolate

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Makes: 2 dozen cookies

ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
  • 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ cup Dutch process cocoa powder
  • ¾ teaspoon of salt
  • 2 bars nice fancy milk chocolate, or Lindt milk chocolate chunks - I used Lindt Piccoli "Extra Au Lait" couverture chocolate, but that might be too crazy fancy to find. Plus, how many names can one milk chocolate have? Piccoli, AND Extra Au Lait? AND couverture? seems crazy.

instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper (if so desired).
  • Using a stand mixer or handheld beaters, cream the butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, like an angel’s soft, cloudy bed!
  • Add the eggs one at a time until incorporated.
  • Add pure vanilla extract to combine.
  • In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients to combine.
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture until combined.
  • Using a small ice cream scoop or your clean bare hands, dole out 1 inch balls onto parchment-paper covered baking sheets, a dozen per sheet.
  • Break up your chocolate bars into nice little squares. Place a square in the middle of each ball and push down with your finger.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, depending on how hot your oven gets! Turn the pans once halfway through. Leave to cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling racks (or your mouth).

notes

This cookie post also appears on poppytalk on my baking column, “BAKE O’CLOCK” !