Chocolate Mint Snowtop Cookies - Christmas

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups nestle semi-sweet chocolate and mint swirled morsels
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 eggs
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. set aside.
• 2 over hot water, melt 1 cup mint morsels, stirring until smooth.
• 3 in a bowl beat butter and sugar, until creamy.
• 4 add melted morsels and vanilla.
• 5 beat in eggs.
• 6 gradually beat in flour mixture.
• 7 stir in remaining morsels.
• 8 wrap dough in plastic wrap, and freeze about 30 minutes, until firm.
• 9 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 10 shape dough into 1" balls.
• 11 coat with confectionery sugar.
• 12 place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 13 bake 10-12 minutes, until tops appear cracked.
• 14 let stand 5 minutes on cookie sheet.
• 15 cool completely.