Thin Chocolate Mint Cookies

Name: Thin Chocolate Mint Cookies
Yield: Makes about 70 cookies
Ingredients: 1½ cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour; ½ cup (1½ ounces), unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; ¼ teaspoon, baking soda; ½ cup refined, coconut oil, chilled; ¾ cup (5¼ ounces), sugar; 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 , large egg; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 pound, semisweet chocolate (12 ounces chopped fine, 4 ounces grated), divided; ⅛ teaspoon, peppermint oil

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Thin Mints—the best-selling Girl Scout cookies with a crisp chocolate coating and just the right amount of cool mint flavor—are a favorite of children and adults alike.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Everything Chocolate

SERVESMakes about 70 cookies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 45 minutes chilling and 20 minutes cooling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Everything Chocolate

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

No longer wanting to count the days until the cookie season arrives, we decided to re-create the classic Girl Scout cookie, Thin Mints. To keep the mint flavor in check, we used peppermint oil in the chocolate coating only and omitted it fr...

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