Chocolate + Mint = Yum!!

I love Pepperidge Farm's Mint Milano cookies.  I haven't had them in years....probably a good thing!  But when I saw this recipe I had to make them, they looked just like them!!  They came out so yummy and you can make them in many different flavors just by changing the peppermint extract to that of your choosing! 

Chocolate Mint Cookies

1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

2/3 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 large egg

4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectionery sugar

1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

In small bowl mix together flour and salt.  In bowl with electric mixer beat butter and granulated sugar on high until fluffy, appx. 3 minutes.  Add vanilla and egg, beat to combine.  With mixer on low add in flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Transfer dough to a quart size Ziploc bag.  Press out air and seal.  Cut a 3/4 inch opening at one tip of bag.  Pipe dough, each being 2 inches long.  You should have appx. 54 cookies.  Place sheets in fridge for 30 minutes until firm.

Remove from fridge and bake for 15 minutes.  Remove and place promptly on cooling racks.  Let cool completely.

Place chocolate in microwave safe bowl.  Heat in 10-15 second increments, stirring after each time until completely melted.  In another bowl add confectionery sugar, 4 tablespoons of water and peppermint extract.  Mix to combine.

Roll out a few sheets of paper towels to work on.  Match up cookies in pairs (they will bake differently so some will fit better with others.)  On one side of the cookie using a spoon or knife spread on chocolate.  Continue coating one side of each cookie until complete.  Again, using knife or spoon (I recommend a spoon for the peppermint as it is runnier), spread on peppermint mixture.  When completed sandwich the cookie together and let sit on paper towels for at least 30 minutes!

These cookies will last up to 5 days in a Tupperware container!