Description
Festive Green Mint Cookies bring holiday cheer with their vibrant emerald hue and cool peppermint essence. Delicate yet indulgent, these cookies melt in your mouth, offering a perfect balance of sweetness and refreshing mint that will transport guests to winter wonderland celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 ⅓ cups (170 grams) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- ¾ cup (150 grams) white granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
Leavening and Seasoning Ingredients:
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Decorative and Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 17 Andes mints, chopped
- 16 jumbo heart sprinkles
- Green gel food dye (a few drops)
- Green sugar for rolling the cookies
Instructions
- Prepare the dry mixture by meticulously sifting flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl, then set aside for future incorporation.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract, a single large egg, and a few drops of vibrant green food coloring. Whisk thoroughly until the mixture achieves a uniform, smooth consistency.
- Gently fold the previously sifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture using a flexible rubber spatula, blending until just combined to prevent overmixing.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. While the oven reaches temperature, let the dough rest and finely chop Andes mint chocolates into small, even pieces.
- Utilize a 1-tablespoon (15 milliliters) cookie scoop to portion the dough. Create a small indentation in each dough ball using your thumb, forming a pocket for mint filling.
- Carefully place chopped mint pieces into the indentation, then delicately fold the dough over to completely encase the chocolate fragments.
- Roll each cookie dough ball generously in green decorative sugar, ensuring full and even coverage. Position the coated cookies on prepared baking sheets, spacing them approximately 2 inches (5 centimeters) apart to accommodate potential spreading.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, watching carefully until cookies are just set but not overcooked.
- Immediately after removing from the oven, while cookies remain warm, gently press a decorative heart-shaped sprinkle onto the center of each cookie.
- Transfer the freshly baked cookies to a wire cooling rack, allowing them to cool completely and reach optimal texture.
Notes
- Quick Mint Infusion: Chop Andes mints before starting to streamline your baking process and ensure smooth cookie preparation.
- Sugar Coating Trick: Roll cookies in green sugar for a festive touch that adds sparkle and extra sweetness to each bite.
- Thumb Indent Technique: Create a small well in each cookie dough ball to perfectly nestle chopped mint pieces inside.
- Baking Precision: Watch cookies closely and remove from oven at 8-10 minutes when edges are just set to maintain soft, chewy texture.
- Decorative Finishing: Press heart sprinkles onto warm cookies immediately after baking for a cute, personalized touch that sets while cooling.
- Cooling Wisdom: Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack to help them firm up and develop their ideal texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 95 kcal
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 65 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg