Chocolate Cookies
1.25 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter (margarine is fine too)
6oz semi-sweet chocolate
1 egg
Combine flour and baking soda. In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and water and heat on low until the butter melts. Add the chocolate, and stir until it is melted. Pour into a mixing bowl and let stand until cool. Beat egg into the chocolate mixture and slowly add flour mixture until well combined. Cover and chill for at least an hour or until you're ready and it's easy to handle. (Note: If you chill if overnight you will need to let the dough sit for about half an hour before molding into balls.) Shape into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for 8 minutes (6 minutes in my oven). Allow to cool before frosting.
Mint Frosting
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
dash salt
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk or cream (whatever you have)
green food coloring
Cream butter, peppermint and salt together. Slowly add the first cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and beat well. Add second cup of sugar and beat until creamy and smooth. Add a few drops of green food coloring and frost the cooled cookies with an icing bag or a knife.
Edited to update: Oh. Oh. I cannot stop eating these cookies. They are so delish and so little and the frosting is damn tasty. I gave some to our landlord for Christmas when I dropped off the rent today. He gave me a calendar. Haha. But really. These are so effing tasty.
1.25 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter (margarine is fine too)
6oz semi-sweet chocolate
1 egg
Combine flour and baking soda. In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and water and heat on low until the butter melts. Add the chocolate, and stir until it is melted. Pour into a mixing bowl and let stand until cool. Beat egg into the chocolate mixture and slowly add flour mixture until well combined. Cover and chill for at least an hour or until you're ready and it's easy to handle. (Note: If you chill if overnight you will need to let the dough sit for about half an hour before molding into balls.) Shape into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for 8 minutes (6 minutes in my oven). Allow to cool before frosting.
Mint Frosting
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
dash salt
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk or cream (whatever you have)
green food coloring
Cream butter, peppermint and salt together. Slowly add the first cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and beat well. Add second cup of sugar and beat until creamy and smooth. Add a few drops of green food coloring and frost the cooled cookies with an icing bag or a knife.
Edited to update: Oh. Oh. I cannot stop eating these cookies. They are so delish and so little and the frosting is damn tasty. I gave some to our landlord for Christmas when I dropped off the rent today. He gave me a calendar. Haha. But really. These are so effing tasty.
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