St. Patrick's Day
– All-purpose flour – Baking powder – Salt – Unsweetened cocoa powder – Semisweet chocolate – Eggs – Vanilla extract – Salted butter – Granulated sugar – Chocolate chips – Mint M&M Candies
Preheat the oven
01
Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Combine the wet ingredients
02
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the 4 ounces of semisweet chocolate and allow it to cool. Alternately, you can use a double boiler to melt the chocolate. In a large bowl, beat the softened butter until creamy. Next, beat in the granulated sugar, the cooled melted chocolate, and the unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat the eggs in one at a time and then mix in the vanilla extract until combined.
Make the cookie dough
04
Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until incorporated. Don’t over mix. Use a spoon or spatula to stir in the chocolate chips.
Scoop the cookies
05
Scoop by 2 tablespoons (or use a #30 cookie scoop) and place the balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet two inches apart. Gently press the mint M&M’s (or other variety) into the tops of the cookie dough balls.
Bake
06
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Do not overbake.
FOR THE FULL RECIPE