Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello! I'm happy to present my first blog recipe to you today.

Before you go getting too too excited, I have to say I have no way of predicting when the next one will be as this one has come entirely out of the blue. Still, I hope you enjoy and maybe even try it out!

I had a cookie exchange to go to last week and was interested in this post I found on Pinterest. Some of the ingredients were a little hard for me to source (plus it wasn't quite what I was going for) so I decided to mash it up with this classic beauty and a little dose of this little cutie. The following is the quite wonderful resulting recipe, if I do say so myself!

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup golden sugar
2 teaspoons mint extract
2 large eggs
2 cups chocolate chips (of choice)
2 candy canes (optional)

green food coloring (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mix dry ingredients in small(er) mixing bowl.
Beat butter and sugars together with green food coloring (as desired).
Add mint extract and more food coloring.
Add in eggs one at a time plus a drop or two of green coloring.
Gradually add in dry ingredients followed by chocolate chips. Note: take a moment to gauge satisfaction with color.
Spoon onto baking sheets using a tablespoon and bake for 9 minutes (max 11)
While the cookies bake, place peeled candy canes inside of a plastic bag and beat/crush with rolling pin. Note: mind your fingers.
Remove cookies from oven and immediately sprinkle with candy cane pieces (of desired size.) Return to oven for 1 minute.
Cool and serve, hopefully in that order.

I have to admit I took these photos while they were still cooling and they did end up looking a little more banged up by the time they made it to my friends' for the exchange. I'm sure if you added an extra dose of patience and a cooling rack they would stay lovely!