Recipe: “Slim” Mints

The Girl Scouts may have the market cornered on Thin Mints (personally my fav kind) but may I present to you a recipe for: Slim Mints. Now you can make all the cracked out chocolately deliciousness of Thin Mints all on your own!

What you’ll need:

For the cookies:

* 1 large egg yolk

* 1/2 teaspoon peppermint oil

* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

* 1 cup powdered sugar

* 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

* 1/4 teaspoon fine salt

* 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces

For the coating:

* Ice

* 2 pounds semisweet chocolate couverture, separated into 1 (24-ounce) portion and 1 (8-ounce) portion

For the full recipe, go here.

[via Chow]