Chocolate mint chip cookies

So some days you just need a Roxy-cuddle! This is my sweet niece and her smile can make any heart ache seem distant.Theres something about watching a friend grieve that makes life real and at the same time so unreal. But grief to the person grieving is all too real. So what do I do from a distance when my help isn't quite helpful? I pray, oh do I pray. I pray that the Lord of all comfort and peace  be theirs and then once I've prayed I cook and bake. I feed the hurting I guess you could say. Everyone still needs to eat. After a big batch of soup was tucked away in the freezer for when it's needed I thought I'd make a big batch of cookies to have ready to send too. I was all out of chocolate chips so I got out my last sweet Christmas gift; mint chips...thanks Jenn!

After tasting a few of the mint chips (well maybe more than a few!) I thought they would pair so nicely with my chocolate cookie recipe.

3/4 cup unsalted butter

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup cocoa

3/4 tsp baking soda 

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp maldon seasalt (I upped the salt from 1/4 tsp and it helped the chocolate mint flavour come out)

1 cup mint chips

I Creamed the butter and sugars together and added in the eggs. I doubled the recipe and used all the chocolate chips.

This stage is key to making the perfect cookie; beating the batter until it is light in colour before adding the dry ingredients. 

Aubrey loves making cards and so she chose to make a card while I baked the cookies. She is so sweet!

I added in all the dry ingridients; mixed in the mint chips and made sure it was all incorporated.

I had the kids taste the Batter to make sure it was good, once approved I used  my small scoop to portion out the dough. 

I baked these at 375F for exactly 10 minutes.

Once the cookies were bakes I set the sheet pan on the stove and flattened the cookies with my palm (yes I apparently have no feeling in my hands!)

I Let them cool On the sheet pan for 5 minutes and then transferred the cookies to a cooling rack. Repeat until all the dough is gone!

Crunchy on the outside and fudgy  on the  inside; like a brownie type cookie. Those mint chips are awesome by the way. The mint flavour is subtle and not overwhelmingly artificial tasting at all.

Our resident Cookie Monster approved! I better get these sealed in a tin and in the freezer before we eat them all!!!

So this little man loves lining up his toys. It's too cute, just not when his sister "bothers" him; he's got no time for snuggles when he's organizing!