https://community.qvc.com/t5/Kitchen/GIRL-SCOUT-THIN-MINTS/m-p/298136#M11891 <P>{Homemade} GIRL SCOUT THIN MINTS</P> <P><BR /> 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour<BR /> 1 cup sugar<BR /> ½ cup cocoa powder<BR /> ¼ t salt<BR /> ¼ t baking soda<BR /> ¾ cup butter<BR /> 3 T milk (any kind, dairy or non-)<BR /> 1 t pure vanilla extract<BR /> ?½ t pure peppermint extract<BR /> <BR /> Chocolate Coating<BR /> 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips<BR /> ?2 T butter<BR /> ½ t peppermint extract<BR /> <BR /> Cookie:<BR /> <BR /> In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda until combined. Add butter, milk, vanilla, and mint extract. Pulse a few more times until the mixture comes together. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and knead it with your hands until it comes together and all the flour is incorporated. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.<BR /> <BR /> Preheat the oven to 350* and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silpats. Remove dough from refrigerator. Roll a heaping teaspoon of cookie dough into a ball and place onto prepared baking sheets, leaving about 3 inches in between each ball. Evenly flatten the dough with your fingertips so that it is about ¼ inch thick and bake for 12-14 minutes. Let cool completely.<BR /> <BR /> Chocolate coating:<BR /> <BR /> Melt chocolate chips and butter until smooth using a double boiler or microwave. Stir in the mint extract. Dip cooled cookies into the chocolate using your fingers or a fork. Arrange cookies plates lined with parchment paper and refrigerate until coating sets.</P> <P>- Chef Chloe's Home made Thin Mints</P> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:45:52 GMT katkitty 2013-02-08T19:45:52Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Kitchen/GIRL-SCOUT-THIN-MINTS/m-p/298136#M11891 <P>{Homemade} GIRL SCOUT THIN MINTS</P> <P><BR /> 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour<BR /> 1 cup sugar<BR /> ½ cup cocoa powder<BR /> ¼ t salt<BR /> ¼ t baking soda<BR /> ¾ cup butter<BR /> 3 T milk (any kind, dairy or non-)<BR /> 1 t pure vanilla extract<BR /> ?½ t pure peppermint extract<BR /> <BR /> Chocolate Coating<BR /> 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips<BR /> ?2 T butter<BR /> ½ t peppermint extract<BR /> <BR /> Cookie:<BR /> <BR /> In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda until combined. Add butter, milk, vanilla, and mint extract. Pulse a few more times until the mixture comes together. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and knead it with your hands until it comes together and all the flour is incorporated. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.<BR /> <BR /> Preheat the oven to 350* and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silpats. Remove dough from refrigerator. Roll a heaping teaspoon of cookie dough into a ball and place onto prepared baking sheets, leaving about 3 inches in between each ball. Evenly flatten the dough with your fingertips so that it is about ¼ inch thick and bake for 12-14 minutes. Let cool completely.<BR /> <BR /> Chocolate coating:<BR /> <BR /> Melt chocolate chips and butter until smooth using a double boiler or microwave. Stir in the mint extract. Dip cooled cookies into the chocolate using your fingers or a fork. Arrange cookies plates lined with parchment paper and refrigerate until coating sets.</P> <P>- Chef Chloe's Home made Thin Mints</P> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:45:52 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Kitchen/GIRL-SCOUT-THIN-MINTS/m-p/298136#M11891 katkitty 2013-02-08T19:45:52Z