I made this in my electric mixer, quickly and simply. They smell divine as they cook and are a perfect after-supper sweet mint treat for grown-ups and children alike.
100g soft butter and 150g light brown sugar, creamed together.
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 egg.
Using the mixer on pulse, beat in 150g plain flour, 35g cocoa powder and a 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
Finely chop 200g dark chocolate and fold into batter.
Using a dessertspoon, scoop spoonfuls of dough onto a lined baking sheet leaving a little space for expansion. Bake in an oven for 12 minutes at 180ºc, remove and allow to sit for 2 minutes before moving cookies to a cooling rack.
Glaze: 75g icing sugar, 15ml cocoa (sieved), 30ml boiling water (you may need a little more) and 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract, warmed in a saucepan until blended.
(sorry - no photos of this stage as i was otherwise distracted at the time)
Drizzle glaze over the cookies as they cool.
10 comments:
Nope, sorry, they wouldn't make it to the oven. Looks just delicious in the mixing bowl.
I'm posting here because the original post is now *old*. But I did want to say how much a hit the gammon poached in pineapple juice proved to be. I did it a few days later than I'd planned, hence the tardy reply.
M in Devon
ceeej - it is the perfect cookie dough, stiff with chocolate fragments and fragrant with cocoa.
M in devon - i am delighted that it was a success for you. Try also: apple and/or cranberry juice, although the version using coca-cola is still my favourite.
If I lived with you I'd be 700 pounds.
Temptress.
I have to go and raid the Green n Blacks now. That may not make it to the mixing bowl either but it will be with the best of intentions or so I'm trying to tell myself.
Sage - If I lived with you ... i would be far too busy to cook (much).
Ceeej - Green n Blacks is a vital food group.
I would pay good money to eat those. Do you FedEx stuff? Please???
Cocoa beans are fruit from a tree so it counts as one of the five a day right?
I think I gained five pounds just reading that recipe.... and it's worth every ounce! I'm definitely going to try these!
Helga - i shall arrange a special delivery very soon :)
Ceeej - right :)
Ms Scarlett - don't worry - it was a virtual 5lbs!
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