chocolate mint cookies

This recipe came from my lovely friend Bethany.  We live far away, so we are “old-fashioned” pen-pals, and we send each other recipes along with our notes. 

This cookie calls for Andes mints (I didn’t find these in my store), so I substituted delicious Hershey’s Mint Truffle Kisses.  I think these are only available around Christmastime, so my other suggestion is Hershey Bliss Crème de Menthe.  Mmm!

 
Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons water
2 cups (12 oz. package) chocolate chips
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
package of mint chocolate candies

Directions:

Combine butter, brown sugar, and water, and melt over low heat.

Add chocolate chips.  Stir until partly melted, then remove from heat and stir until fully melted.

Pour into a large bowl and cool 10 minutes.

Beat in eggs.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt together.  Then add them to the chocolate mixture.

Chill the dough for 1 hour.

Roll the dough into balls, and place them on a greased baking sheet. 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 4-5 minutes.  (The bake time depends on the size of the cookie.  Don’t over-bake, but they should not look soupy either.)

Remove from the oven and immediately place 1/2 an Andes mint on top of each cookie.  Allow the mint to melt, then swirl with back of spoon.

Remove cookies from the pan and cool.

For me, this made 54 cookies.  Enjoy!