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]