Homemade Thin Mints:

Name: Homemade Thin Mints:
Ingredients: For the cookies:; 1 cup (8 oz, or 2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dutched dark cocoa powder which worked well); 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1 ½ cups all purpose flour; For the coating:; 10 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate; 1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract (Make sure you get peppermint, not spearmint, and make sure you get extract, not flavoring)

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INGREDIENTS

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For the cookies:

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1 cup (8 oz, or 2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

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1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dutched dark cocoa powder which worked well)

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1 cup powdered sugar

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1 teaspoon vanilla

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¾ teaspoon salt

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1 ½ cups all purpose flour

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For the coating:

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10 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate

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1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract (Make sure you get peppermint, not spearmint, and make sure you get extract, not flavoring)

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