Holiday Bake Along - Susan Saltzgiver Designs
December 20th, 2007 by Tink Boord-Dill
Chocolate AND Mint… how can you go wrong? LOL
I hope you’ll follow along with this year’s Holiday Bake Along. Be sure and check out previous recipes, as well!
Tink
*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*
| TheArmchairChef.com Needlework and Quilting Holiday Bake Along 2007 Chocolate-Mint Brownie Cookies
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| Chocolate - rich, dark, scrumptious chocolate. Are mouths watering yet? I love chocolate. I also like mint. Put the two together and paradise is not far away. Put them both in a cookie, and the ultimate taste treat has been created.When I discovered a few years back that Hershey’s baking chips came with mint flavor in the chocolate chips, I thought they would be enjoyable in a chocolate cookie. So, I replaced the peanut butter chips in the traditional chocolate with peanut butter chips cookie with the mint chocolate chips and, “Voila!”, these are some of the best cookies I have ever tasted. When a grown daughter described them as “heavenly!” I knew I had a ‘keeper’.
The recipe, which before my changes originally came from the Crisco website, follows: |
| Ingredients |
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1 1/2 cups firmly packed Domino light brown sugar
2/3 cup Crisco
1 Tbsp. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. McCormick peppermint extract (I have also used 1/4 tsp. spearmint OIL instead. The oil is more intense than extract, so less is used.)
2 eggs 1 1/2 cups all purpose Gold Medal or Pillsbury flour
1/3 cup Hershey’s or Nestle cocoa powder (measure may be rounded on top for more intense chocolate flavor)
1/2 tsp. Morton salt (may use less)
1/4 tsp. Arm & Hammer baking soda
2 cups Hershey’s mint chocolate chips (12 ounce bag) |
| Step by Step |
| Preheat oven to 375 degrees F 1) Place the following in a large bowl. 1 1/2 cups firmly packed Domino light brown sugar
2/3 cup Crisco
1 Tbsp. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. McCormick peppermint extract (I have also used 1/4 tsp. spearmint OIL instead. The oil is more intense than extract, so less is used.)
Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. 2) Add 2 eggs and beat well.
3) Combine:
1 1/2 cups all purpose Gold Medal or Pillsbury flour
1/3 cup Hershey’s or Nestle cocoa powder (measure may be rounded on top for more intense chocolate flavor)
1/2 tsp. Morton salt (may use less)
1/4 tsp. Arm & Hammer baking soda
4) Add to shortening mixture.
5) Beat at LOW speed, JUST UNTIL MOISTENED. Do NOT over beat.
6)Stir 2 cups Hershey’s mint chocolate chips (12 ounce bag)
into dough by hand.
7) Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto UN-GREASED baking sheet. (Parchment paper may be used.)
8 ) Place sheets of foil onto counter top for cooling cookies. 9) Bake one sheet of cookies at a time at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are set. DO NOT OVER BAKE.
10) Cool cookies two (2) minutes on baking sheet (so they are easier to handle and keep their shape when removed - Trust me, if you rush this step, your cookies will get all ’scrunched’ up, so give them time to firm up a bit before trying to move them with the turner.)
11) Remove cookies from the baking pan to foil to cool completely. 12) (I stored them, while they lasted, in a cookie tin that sealed snugly, to keep them soft.) 13) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Susan Saltzgiver Designs |
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Some things take time to really get ‘right’. That includes beautiful stitching. The designs you choose deserve the time and materials to make them all that they can be.
I have always tried to make sure that quality is built into my designs. A large variety of designs, covering many different subjects, and using many different materials, has been created by me over the years. But the one constant has been the attention to detail of whatever design type is created. New designs are always being created for your stitching pleasure, but the “classics” are still available as well. When the group website where my designs appeared changed this year, I was afraid this was the beginning of the end. I have, however, spent countless hours creating my own website with the same attention to detail of my designs. I am open to any suggestions that are made as I constantly add to and ‘tweak’ it. Please feel free to contact me. Bookmark (or add to your favorites) my website so you can return often to see what’s new. Make sure you share my website address with your local needlework shop. I will try to continue to post quality designs on my site. Enjoy!
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