I can’t even tell you how delicious these cookies are.
I had frozen some dough that was left over from the Brownie Cookies that I made for Valentine’s Day (from the Smitten Kitchen) and it has been calling me from the freezer ever since.
So today I pulled it out, defrosted it, and rolled it out.
I kept thinking shamrocks, and green, and hmmmm, brownies and hmmmmm . . . peppermint icing!
Egad, I almost made myself sick on the icing alone!
It’s just the usual butter icing – 2 cups icing sugar, 4 – 5 Tbsp butter, a splash of milk, a drop of green food colouring and a dash of peppermint flavour. Splash. Drop. Dash. Then I made some green tea to serve as a bit of a tonic to my sugar overdose and I had myself a simply divine teatime all by myself. No regrets.
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder together and set aside. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla in mixer. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth.
- Form into two discs, wrap in plastic and chill for at least one hour.
- Roll out cookie dough on counter – I use a bit of cocoa to dust on the surface to keep the dough from sticking. Cut into desired shapes – of course I used hearts for Valentine's Day and Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day!
- Bake on cookie sheets for 8 to 11 minutes until the edges are firm and the centres are slightly soft and puffed. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
OMG! :)
They look wonderful and oh how I would love to have one right about now.
I haven’t tried these cookies yet but I will. With mint certainly sounds good.
A wonderful shot…I love the shape of your biscuits, yummy.
Great idea! As well as looking yummy!!
This sounds waaaaaay too yummy Barb!
Surely would love one of those right about now.
Sending you wishes for a wonderful weekend!
I love brownie, and this one looks so lovely:)
Oh my! I’m at work but now I need to go around and find something decadent to eat! This looks soooooo good!
Love this! We just posted our Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday link party and would love for you to stop by and share this…
Super cute and they look really yummy, I bet the combo of the chocolate and peppermint is so good too!
It’s clear to me that you are both a master (a humble one) at both cooking and photography. I love how you’ve arranged this shot.
Yummy!
These are very special Brownies, the Shamrocks look so pretty and I am sure would be delicious. I sure need one for my afternoon tea. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Looks yummy!
I can almost smell them, they look great. All your photos are wonderful. Laura
Oh. My. Goodness.
These look and sound delicious!! I’ve gotta try it. I’m pinning right away and featuring you Saturday morning in my artist talent album on Facebook. Thanks SO much for linking up!
Way more fun than Thin Mints…thanks for sharing it!
Arrived via I Gotta Create! Cheers!
All by yourself? Oh my… heaven squared.
Beautiful capture.
Oh my word those look good!
YUM! These look so good and cute too!
Yum, chocolate and mint! Can’t wait to try these out! Thanks for sharing.
Adorable!!
Katie
Ohhh chocolate and mint, such a great combo! I bet these are delicious. Thanks so much for sharing :)
Oh my and a recipe too. :)