Homemade Thin Mints
These Thin Mints are way better than the popular boxed version! Perfectly crispy chocolaty cookies are sweetened with just the right amount of mint!
INGREDIENTS
Cookies
- 4 ounces unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 ounces unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
Chocolate Coating
- 8 ounces chocolate melting wafers
- ¼ teaspoon coconut oil
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 8 ounces chocolate melting wafers
- ¼ teaspoon coconut oil
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
INSTRUCTIONS - Beat together softened butter, sugar, peppermint extract and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until combined and fluffy.
- Sift flour and cocoa powder into a small mixing bowl. Stir in salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix until a dough forms, scrape the side of the bowl as necessary while mixing to ensure the flour is mixing well with the butter.
- Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a piece of plastic wrap. Flatten it into a disk, wrap well and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.
- When the dough is firm but still malleable, take it out of the refrigerator and roll it into ¼” thick on a cocoa dusted surface. Cut with a 2” cookie cutter. Reroll the scraps and keep cutting out cookies until the dough is gone.
- Place the cookies in a container or lined baking sheet and freeze for about 15 minutes while the oven is preheating.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- When the oven is ready, place cookies on another parchment-lined baking sheet 1” - 2” apart and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 - 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Combine chocolate, coconut oil and peppermint extract in a heatproof bowl, set it over a pot of simmering water, stir until chocolate is melted completely.
- Dip cooled cookies in the melted chocolate using a fork, turn to coat both sides. Tap excess chocolate off and place coated cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Allow chocolate coating to dry completely at room temperature or refrigerate to speed it up.
- Beat together softened butter, sugar, peppermint extract and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until combined and fluffy.
- Sift flour and cocoa powder into a small mixing bowl. Stir in salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix until a dough forms, scrape the side of the bowl as necessary while mixing to ensure the flour is mixing well with the butter.
- Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a piece of plastic wrap. Flatten it into a disk, wrap well and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.
- When the dough is firm but still malleable, take it out of the refrigerator and roll it into ¼” thick on a cocoa dusted surface. Cut with a 2” cookie cutter. Reroll the scraps and keep cutting out cookies until the dough is gone.
- Place the cookies in a container or lined baking sheet and freeze for about 15 minutes while the oven is preheating.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- When the oven is ready, place cookies on another parchment-lined baking sheet 1” - 2” apart and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 - 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Combine chocolate, coconut oil and peppermint extract in a heatproof bowl, set it over a pot of simmering water, stir until chocolate is melted completely.
- Dip cooled cookies in the melted chocolate using a fork, turn to coat both sides. Tap excess chocolate off and place coated cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Allow chocolate coating to dry completely at room temperature or refrigerate to speed it up.
