Chocolate-Mint Thumbprint Cookies
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 ounces mint chocolate, chopped
- 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 cup unsweetened dutch process cocoa
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 13 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup turbinado sugar (coarse sugar for rolling cookies in)
- 3 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 12 teaspoon peppermint extract
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the bittersweet and mint chocolates at 30 second intervals until nearly melted.
- Whisk until smooth, then let cool.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with with the cocoa and salt.
- In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle, beat the butter until creamy.
- Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat at medium-high speed unti light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
- Scrape the chocolate into the mixer and beat just until incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally, until smooth.
- Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and pat it into a 7" disc.
- Wrap and refrigerate until well-chilled, at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 and position racks on upper and lower thirds of oven.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Spread the Turbinado sugar in a shallow dish.
- Scoop up tbsps.
- of dough and roll into balls, then roll in the sugar and place on cookie sheets.
- Use your thumb to make an indentation in the middle of each cookie.
- Bake for 10 minutes, until slightly firm.
- Remove from oven.
- Using a melon-baller, press center of cookies again.
- Return to oven, shifting the cookie sheets and bake for 5 more minutes, just until dry but not hard.
- Transfer cookie sheets to racks to cool completely.
- Put the white chocolate in a heatproof cup.
- Put the cream into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high power until boiling, about 30 seconds.
- Pour the hot cream over the white chocolate and let stand until melted, then whisk until smooth.
- Stir in peppermint extract.
- Fill center of cooled cookies with white chocolate mmixture and refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
- Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.
bittersweet chocolate, mint chocolate, flour, cocoa, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, turbinado sugar, white chocolate, heavy cream, peppermint
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-mint-thumbprint-cookies-347168 (may not work)