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Chocolate-Mint Drops
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 45 Minutes
Servings: 4
These cookies have a fresh, minty flavor and a chewy texture. From
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, halved (1 1/4 cup batches)
6 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup peppermint candies, chopped or 1/2 cup candy cane, crushed
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F
2. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Melt half of the chocolate chips; set aside.
4. Mix flour and baking powder together.
5. In medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and extract until thick, about 3 minutes.
6. Gradually beat in melted chocolate, then dry ingredients.
7. Mix in remaining morsels; freeze dough for 10 minutes.
8. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of batter, 3 apart, on ungreased baking sheets (cookies will spread).
9. Refrigerate remaining dough.
10. Bake cookies 12 minutes.
11. Quickly sprinkle tops with chopped candies; bake 3 to 5 minutes more, until cookies are softly set.
12. Cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes.
13. Transfer to wire racks and cool.
By RecipeOfHealth.com