Chocolate Mint Creams

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 stir together flour and baking soda and set aside.
• 2 in a medium saucepan heat together brown sugar, butter and water until melted.
• 3 add chocolate chips and melt in butter and sugar mixture.
• 4 pour into mixing bowl and let stand to cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 5 add eggs into chocolate mixture and beat.
• 6 stir in flour mixture until mixed well.
• 7 chill for 2 hours, any more and the dough will be too firm.
• 8 take 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball.
• 9 place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350°f for 8 minutes.
• 10 top each cookie with a mint (i use 2 because i can only find small mints) and return to oven for 2 more minutes. the program wouldn't let me put theses into the recipe.
• 11 remove from oven and swirl the soft mints like frosting.
• 12 place on cookie racks until the mints firm.