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Chocolate Mint Thumbprints
For the cookies
2 ounces dark chocolate
2 ounces mint chocolate or Andes mint chocolate candies
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes, at room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup coarse sugar for rolling (I used Domino’s demerara and it was great.)
For the mint ganache
3 ounces high-quality white chocolate, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
Melt the dark chocolate and mint chocolate together in the microwave using 30 second bursts. Whisk until smooth, then set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa and salt. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Add the white and brown sugars and beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and continue beating until combined. Add the cooled chocolate and mix gently until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add the flour-cocoa mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough is smooth, but only just. Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and form it into a disk. Wrap it up and chill it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and let the dough soften on a counter for a few minutes if it got really hard. Pour the coarse sugar into a shallow bowl and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Form tablespoon-size dough balls, taking care that they have no lumps or cracks, and try to make them all the same size. (A cookie scoop is awesome here.) Roll each ball in coarse sugar and place it on the cookie sheet. Use the handle of a wooden spoon to make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the sheets from the oven and re-make the indentations (aren’t you glad you used that wooden spoon and not your actual thumb!) Swap and rotate the cookie sheets when you return them to the oven for an additional 4-5 minutes. Pull the cookies out of the oven at the very first sign of cracking and cool completely on a wire rack.
To make the mint ganache, put the white chocolate in a glass measuring cup with a pour spout. Heat the heavy cream in the microwave until it boils, about 30 seconds. Pour the heavy cream over the white chocolate and let stand for 30 seconds, then whisk until smooth. Whisk in the peppermint extract. Use the measuring cup to fill the thumbprints with the ganache and refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
Sheri says
Here’s mine – we liked these a lot. Used Green & Black’s mint chocolate. http://bit.ly/nap668
Candy says
Maybe I’ve come to expect too much from the Baked boys, I thought these were an OK cookie but nothing special.
http://candygirlky.blogspot.com/2011/10/baked-sunday-mornings-chocolate-mint.html
bourbonnatrix says
I thought they were ok too. I’m sure they would have been better in december :) here’s my link http://bourbonnatrixbakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/chocolate-mint-thumbprint-cookies.html
Elaine says
These were a HUGE hit at my house. We loved, love them!
http://ecalifornialiving.blogspot.com/2011/10/baked-sunday-morning-chocolate-mint.html
Littlebakerbunny says
I liked this cookie, but didn’t love it:
http://ipso-fatto.blogspot.com/2011/03/dish-best-served-cold-chocolate-mint.html
mike509 says
I was caught up in a canned pumpkin craze and sub’d this week. But the Thumbprints were a hit at the office last holiday season – and will make them again!
http://goodlivingoutwest.blogspot.com/2011/10/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-loaf.html
Anne@frommysweetheart says
I thought these cookies were good. I am not a huge mint cookie fan. But I thought they were easy enough to make. And I think they lend themselves to enough variation, that if you added rum or coffee or raspberry liquor, caramel in the center, etc…..maybe….just maybe….we will think of eating them at other times than Christmas!!!! And a huge thanks to Candy Girl for pointing me to this new page!!!! (I really do enjoy baking from this book!)
Krissy says
OK…I guess I’m out-of-it but I just read on someone’s post about this new site. Thank you to whoever is getting all this going again. I have problems with several of the “Baked” recipes, but I find that they are great ideas that get me thinking and researching and finding ways to make them better…and then we love them and even crave them. For this week I omitted the mint…too Christmassy, and went totally dark chocolate and they are DELISH! I love chocolate and mint, even year round, but not really for the week of Halloween…just does not match. So I started thinking and they turned out great.
This is a fun group and I’m glad it is continuing.
http://misskriskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/10/baked-sunday-mornings-chocolate-mint.html
Jaime @ The Great Cake Company says
Better late than never, I suppose… sorry everyone!
Here is my link: http://thegreatcakecompany.blogspot.com/2011/10/sunday-baked-googly-eyed-chocolate-mint.html
These had mixed reviews in my house, but we did manage to have a little fun with them :)