Girl Scout Thin Mints

Thin Mints are my personal favorite of all the girl scout cookies. The only problem with them? $4.00 a box! And there only available once a year. This recipe is super easy and they taste pretty close to the original.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup +1/2 tablespoon butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp mint extract (split)
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped

Beat 1/2 cup butter until creamy

Add the sugar, and beat until mixed well

Beat in egg and 1/2 teaspoon mint extract

Sift flour, cocoa, and salt together into a small bowl

Add half of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, beat well

Add second half of the flour mixture to the bowl, beat well

Place half of the dough onto a piece of plastic wrap

Form the dough into a cylinder approximately 1 1/2 inch diameter

Wrap in plastic wrap

Repeat with other half of dough

Freeze dough for at least 1 hour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 

Remove one cylinder from freezer at a time

Slice 1/4 inch thick pieces with very sharp knife

Place on cookie sheets (they will not spread much so you can put them pretty close to one another)

 Bake 8- 10 minutes

While cookies are in oven melt 1/2 tablespoon butter and the semisweet chocolate in the microwave stirring ever 20 seconds

Add 1/2 teaspoon mint extract to chocolate and stir in (taste the chocolate and add more mint if needed)

Dip cookies into chocolate, I used two forks to help spread the chocolate but do whatever works for you

Let cool and harden completely

Enjoy your delicious Thin Mint cookies. 

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