Chocolate Chip-Mint Cookies

A double chocolate cookie with peppermint flavoring.

I love baking desserts and sweets. I give cookies to all of my friends for the Holidays. In fact, I am eating a chocolate chip mint cookie from this recipe as I write this! I make a lot of cookies, but the chocolate cookies are my favorite.

You can bake these cookies right away or chill the dough and bake later. I have also made these cookies with almond flavoring instead of peppermint—so good! If you like to make cookies, I recommend you get a cookie scoop like the one I have at the bottom of my Kitchen Gadgets page. It just makes things that much more fun and easier. Myra used mini chocolate chips when she made these for the restaurant. I just use regular chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip-Mint Cookies

A double chocolate cookie with peppermint flavoring.

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Prep Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 3 dozen

Equipment

• 1 stand mixer or hand mixer
• 1 bowl to mix dry ingredients
• 2 baking trays
• 1 cookie scoop (1 Tablespoon size)
• 1 roll of parchment paper for the trays

Ingredients

  

• 3 oz. butter, unsalted
• 3 oz. margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teas. vanilla flavoring
• 1 teas. peppermint flavoring
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teas. baking soda
• 1/4 teas. salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• In your mixer, cream together the butter, margarine and the sugars.

  Mix in the egg, the vanilla and the peppermint flavorings.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, soda and salt.

  Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, 1/2 cup at a time. When it is all mixed together, add the chocolate chips.
• You can chill the dough at this point for several hours or days. I have baked them right away and they work fine as well.

  When you are ready to bake the cookies, Turn the oven to 350 degrees.

  Use a rounded tablespoon for each cookie. Place on parchment paper 2 inches apart and bake for 14 to 16 minutes.

Notes

You can bake these cookies right away, or chill the dough and bake later.

I have also made these cookies with almond flavoring instead of peppermint–so good!

Keyword chocolate, chocolate chips, peppermint flavoring