My mint chocolate cookies mix fudgy chocolate cookies with creamy mint frosting and wealthy chocolate ganache. These are positively gourmand! Recipe features a how-to video!
Frosted Mint Chocolate Cookies
In case you’re in search of a fairly inexperienced dessert to make for St. Patrick’s Day, look no additional! Not solely are these mint chocolate cookies a gentle shade of mint inexperienced (like a Shamrock Shake!), they’re additionally extremely tasty.
This recipe pairs the gentle and chocolatey cookies from my buckeye cookies with a mint frosting and clean chocolate ganache. The cookie base is sturdy sufficient to carry the frosting and ganache, however nonetheless gentle considerably like a lofthouse cookie. It’s so good.
These are the newest addition to my assortment of anything-but-basic, gourmand cookies. They’re a bit extra work than your customary chocolate chip cookies, however the finish result’s completely value the additional effort!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Look: these appear like bakery-style, gourmand cookies. They’re SO festive for St. Patrick’s Day (if you happen to use the inexperienced meals coloring, that’s)!
- Taste: distinct chocolate cookie base, delicate mint frosting (like a skinny mint), and wealthy chocolate ganache topping. These are a mint chocolate lover’s dream cookie!
- Approach: we’ll begin with melted butter, which implies we 1) don’t want a mixer for the dough and a couple of) infuse a wealthy, buttery taste all through. We’ll additionally benefit from the nice and cozy melted butter to bloom our cocoa powder.
- Time: simply half-hour of chilling. This creates a thick and durable base for our frosting topping!
What You Want
I received’t go over each ingredient we’ll be utilizing, however I wish to point out a number of essential ones.
- Butter. Sure, that’s various butter up there. Keep in mind, we’re making (nearly) two dozen cookies and icing, so it’s obligatory! Be sure to use unsalted butter, since we’re including salt ourselves.
- Cocoa powder. I desire pure cocoa powder on this recipe. I discover that Dutch course of cocoa is a little more intense (in a distracting type of means), and I preferred the pure cocoa higher. Both will work wonderful right here although!
- Egg + egg yolk. Including an additional egg yolk makes for tender, chewy cookies. Save your egg white for meringue cookies or candied almonds!
- Peppermint extract. When you could also be tempted to achieve for the “mint” extract, belief me on this one. Similar to once we made my butter mints or cream cheese mints, peppermint extract really imparts one of the best mint taste with out tasting like toothpaste (which mint extract would do).
- Meals coloring. That is non-compulsory, however if you wish to coloration your mint frosting, I like to recommend utilizing a gel meals coloring. I hyperlink to the precise one I used within the recipe beneath. In fact, you may use any coloration you want, however I personally like mint inexperienced for a St. Patrick’s Day look!
SAM’S TIP: You could be hesitant so as to add the vanilla extract to the frosting since we’re already including peppermint extract, however belief me! It deepens the flavour of the buttercream in such a pleasant means. I do that within the frosting for my peppermint bark whoopie pies too!
Keep in mind, that is simply an summary of the elements I used and why. For the complete recipe please scroll all the way down to the underside of the put up!
Learn how to Make Mint Chocolate Cookies
Make the Dough
- Whisk collectively the cocoa powder and melted butter till effectively mixed. You are able to do this whereas the butter continues to be sizzling (it’ll assist bloom the cocoa), however simply make sure that to attend to maneuver on to the following step till the butter has cooled down once more.
- Add the sugars and stir effectively to include.
- Stir within the eggs and vanilla, then put aside.
- Whisk collectively the dry elements in a separate bowl, then steadily add them to the moist elements. It’s essential that you simply do that step steadily, in any other case it will likely be a problem getting the dough to come back collectively. Cowl and chill the dough for half-hour.
Bake
- Scoop and roll the dough into clean balls, then bake.
- Gently flatten the cookies with the underside of a cup, then let cool utterly. Flattening the cookies will provide you with a flat floor for the frosting, and it’ll additionally encourage a extra dense, brownie-like texture.
Icing
- Beat the butter with an electrical mixer till clean.
- Add the sugar steadily till effectively mixed. Do that on low velocity so that you don’t fling powdered sugar in all places (I’ve been there many instances)!
- Stir within the salt and extracts till integrated.
- Add the meals coloring, if utilizing, and stir effectively till the frosting is evenly coloured.
Ganache/Meeting
- Make the ganache by microwaving the chocolate and cream till clean and melted.
- Pipe or unfold frosting on high of every cookie.
- Spoon ganache over the frosting and let set earlier than having fun with.
SAM’S TIP: Make certain to let the cookies cool utterly! They’ll crumble if you happen to ice them whereas they’re nonetheless heat.
Incessantly Requested Questions
You may if you wish to (they’ll hold longer this fashion!), however I personally desire to take pleasure in them at room temperature. You may hold them at room temperature for as much as 2 days. They’ll hold within the fridge for as much as 5 days (coated, in an hermetic container) however you possibly can at all times pull them out and allow them to sit at room temperature for quarter-hour earlier than having fun with.
Sure, however word that the dough might be a bit extra dry and troublesome to scoop after chilling for a number of days. It additionally may have to sit down at room temperature to melt a bit earlier than you possibly can scoop it. Make certain to cowl it effectively and retailer for as much as a number of days.
You might, however I discover the flavour of mint extract makes the frosting style like toothpaste. If that’s your factor, go for it–in any other case keep on with peppermint! And sure, you possibly can nonetheless name these mint chocolate cookies, even with the peppermint extract 😊
Mint chocolate lovers, keep tuned! I’ve a mint chocolate cake coming your means subsequent week.
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Mint Chocolate Cookies
Servings: 22 servings
Energy: 358kcal
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Directions
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Mix melted butter and cocoa powder in a big mixing bowl and stir till effectively mixed.
1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, ½ cup (50 g) pure cocoa powder
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Add sugars and stir effectively.
1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar, ¾ cup (150 g) mild brown sugar
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Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir.
1 giant egg + 1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk collectively flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2 ¼ cups (280 g) all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ¾ teaspoon salt
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Regularly add dry elements to moist, stirring till utterly mixed.
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Cowl dough with plastic wrap and chill within the fridge for half-hour. In the meantime, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
After Chilling
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As soon as dough has chilled, scoop cookie dough by 2 tablespoon-sized scoop and roll between your palms to kind a clean ball. Place on ready baking sheet, spacing cookies not less than 2” (5cm) aside.
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Bake in middle rack of 350F (175C) preheated oven for 10-11 minutes. Inside 1 minute of eradicating from the oven, gently flatten the floor of the cookie utilizing a clear, flat floor (I take advantage of the underside of a 1-cup measuring cup). This will provide you with a clean/flat floor for the frosting. Permit to chill utterly earlier than adorning.
Mint Frosting
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Place butter in a big mixing bowl and use an electrical mixer to beat till clean and creamy.
¾ cups (170 g) unsalted butter
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Regularly add sugar and stir on low-speed till effectively mixed.
2 ½ cups (312 g) powdered sugar
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Add salt, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract. Stir effectively.
⅛ teaspoon salt, 1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract, ½ teaspoon clear vanilla extract
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Add meals coloring (if utilizing) and stir till evenly integrated.
Inexperienced meals coloring
Ganache
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Mix chocolate and heavy cream in a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl.
1 cup (170 g) semisweet chocolate chips or couverture chocolate, ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
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Microwave on excessive for 25 seconds. Stir effectively. Microwave for an additional 25 seconds and stir once more till you’ve got a clean consistency. If chocolate continues to be not melted, proceed to microwave in 10 second increments till clean.
Meeting
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Unfold or pipe frosting evenly over cooled cookies (I take advantage of a piping bag fitted with an open tip).
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Use a spoon to drizzle or gently unfold ganache over the frosting. Permit chocolate to set earlier than having fun with.
Notes
Meals coloring
That is non-compulsory however will give the cookies a mint-green hue. I used “Mint” Americolor gel meals coloring for the cookies within the images and video.
Storing
Retailer cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 2 days. Cookies could also be refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 5 days, however I personally assume they style greatest at room temperature so I’ll take away mine from the fridge to sit down at room temperature for quarter-hour earlier than having fun with.
Diet
Serving: 1serving | Energy: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 3g | Fats: 19g | Saturated Fats: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 5g | Trans Fats: 1g | Ldl cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 506IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg
Dietary data is predicated on third-party calculations and needs to be thought-about an estimate solely. Precise dietary content material will fluctuate based mostly upon manufacturers used, measuring strategies, cooking methodology, portion sizes, and extra.
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