Chocolate-mint Cookies With Peppermint Icing

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375'.
• 2 in a medium bowl, mix sugar, 1/2 cup butter, egg, unsweetened chocolate and vanilla. stir in flour and salt.
• 3 drop by rounded tea-spoonfuls, or use a cookie scoop (looks like a small ice cream scoop) about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. (try to make each batch of cookies as close as possible to the same size).
• 4 take a drinking glass and flatten each cookie to about 1/4 inch thick.
• 5 bake cookies until set, approximately 8-9 minutes.
• 6 cool for a minute or two on cookie sheet before transfering to a cooling rack. cool completely.
• 7 frosting:.
• 8 mix all of ingredients in a seperate bowl until smooth and of good consistency, you may wan't to add a little more or a little less water to get it to the consistency you prefer, then spread frosting onto each cookie until about 1/4 inch from edge.
• 9 chocolate drizzle icing:.
• 10 in a saucepan, heat 1/4 cup butter, 2 tablespoons corn syrup and chocolate chips over low heat until chocolate and butter are melted, stirring constantly.
• 11 remove from heat, stir until all is well blended and lightly drizzle with a spoon over each cookie, leaving some of the frosting underneath showing through. (yield is approximately depending on how large your cookies are).