Chewy Peppermint Mocha Cookies

bigsis144

Thu, Feb 09 2012, 11:56 pm

Wow. Just made these cookies: http://www.eatliverun.com/chew.....kies/ and they are INCREDIBLE.

Easy and chewy and fudgy and sophisticated-tasting and chocolately and optionally caffienated... DEAR LORD, these are good cookies!!! I skipped the white chocolate drizzle, so if you go for that level of decadence, let me know.

I also like that they don't have a separate mint frosting or filling or glaze -- the mint is mixed right into the cookie batter, so it's a one-bowl recipe.

Also, I prefer lots of little cookies, so while the original recipe cooks tablespoon-sized cookies for longer, I went with rounded teaspoon-sized cookies for 6-8 minutes.

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Chewy Peppermint Mocha Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened

1 1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp peppermint extract

2 eggs

1 tbsp instant coffee

1/2 cup cocoa powder (I used a mix of regular and Dutch process)

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/4 cups flour

1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips

optional: 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Cream margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add peppermint extract.

Add cocoa, flour, coffee, baking powder and salt to wet ingredients and fold in chocolate chips.

Drop tablespoons of dough onto lined sheet trays and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool completely.

Optional: Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave (stirring after each 30 second interval) and scoop into a small plastic bag. Snip off end and drizzle cooled cookies with white chocolate.

boysrus

Thu, Feb 09 2012, 11:58 pm

Thanks for the recipe, that sounds yum! My kids will really love these.

elf123

Fri, Feb 17 2012, 11:50 am

I forgot to post after last Shabbos, so I wanted to thank you for this recipe! I tried it and it was easy and delicious.

bananasplit

Mon, Feb 20 2012, 12:23 am

Cant wait to try it! would it be good with mint extract instead of peppermint?

bigsis144

Mon, Feb 20 2012, 12:30 am

bananasplit wrote:

Cant wait to try it! would it be good with mint extract instead of peppermint?

I never tried it with plain "mint" extract, only peppermint. I don't know if mint extract contains other mint flavors other than peppermint, like wintergreen or spearmint -- so there is a chance it may taste different (I only like peppermint), but I don't know.

bananasplit

Sun, Feb 26 2012, 12:45 pm

Anyone know if they freeze well?

imamiri

Sun, Feb 26 2012, 1:40 pm

I'm going to have to try them. A marriage of chocolate and mint is always a good thing.

Yippie

Sun, Feb 26 2012, 2:11 pm

do they come out nice enough so I can make it for mm? Wink

bananasplit

Sun, Feb 26 2012, 4:14 pm

Hope so cause was planning on making them Smile

sunny90

Mon, Feb 27 2012, 2:28 am

So am I!

runninglate

Mon, Feb 27 2012, 9:37 am

someone report back after you try them pls! Im curious...

sunny90

Mon, Feb 27 2012, 10:05 am

Made them today and they're great! Really easy and the flavor is AMAZING.

bananasplit

Mon, Feb 27 2012, 10:18 am

Did anyone try freezing them?

Yippie

Tue, Feb 28 2012, 9:16 pm

just made it , they came out nice and delicious! very easy..

MaBelleVie

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 12:08 pm

In case anyone is interested- I used oil instead of margarine, and the cookies came out great. They don't look very special without the drizzle, even though they taste yummy, so I would not skip that if using for MM or guests.

shalhevet

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 12:12 pm

MaBelleVie wrote:

How much oil?

MaBelleVie

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 12:15 pm

shalhevet wrote:

MaBelleVie wrote:

How much oil?

A little less than a cup- maybe 7/8?

sunny90

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 12:54 pm

I tried using the israeli white "chocolate" chips to drizzle--big mistake. It didn't. It was too thick. Maybe because it's fake? I think you have to use real white chocolate to do that.
So my MM will look homey as opposed to fancy. Oh well.

shalhevet

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 1:12 pm

sunny90 wrote:

The white chocolate chips are just imitation in Israel. You can buy real white chocolate for baking in specialist baking shops/ people selling from their houses.

bananasplit

Sun, Mar 04 2012, 1:14 pm

Did u roll them into balls or just used a spoon?