Mint Chocolate Cookies

Another yummy cookie that's a little different from the usual, but oh so tasty! Originally found here.

ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 3/4 cup Dutch processed cocoa

• 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup light brown sugar

• 2 large eggs at room temperature

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

• (I also added about 1/4 tsp of mint extract to the dough itself)

• 2 1/2 cups mint chocolate chips divided (you will need 2 bags) (I used about 6 oz of a type of mint chocolate chunks I got at Walmart.)

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.

2. With a mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time. Next, add in vanilla extract. Mix until just combined.

3. Add baking soda, salt, and cocoa. (The original recipe has you mix all the dry ingredients together in a different bowl, I just add the little things first and make sure it's well mixed before adding the flour.)

4. Change to dough hook

5. Gradually add flour and beat until just combined. Mix in the mint chocolate chips - you can reserve some to place carefully on top if you want.

6. Roll cookies into balls, about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie. Place cookie balls on prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Top the cookies with remaining mint chocolate chips. Sticking them on top and the sides. This will make the cookies pretty:)

7. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes (11 min. was pretty perfect), or until cookies are set, but still soft in the center. Don’t overbake. Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Move to a cooling rack and cool completely.