Andes Mint Doodles Food

ANDES MINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
• With a hand or stand mixer, cream the butter and both sugars until fluffy. Add the eggs, vanilla and peppermint extracts and mix well.
• Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips and mint chips.
• Roll the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. With two fingers, press the cookies down to about 1 inch thick, keeping the cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until not glossy. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.

ANDES® MINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until dough is just-combined. Transfer dough to a resealable plastic bag, squeeze out excess air, and seal bag. Refrigerate until dough firms, at least 2 hours.
• Divide dough into 42 portions and wrap 1 dough portion around 1 mint. Repeat with remaining dough portions. Place dough 2-inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Melt remaining chocolate mint candies in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals in the microwave, stirring after each melting, for 1 to 3 minutes. Drizzle melted mint chocolate over cookies.

CHOCOLATE ANDES MINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; set aside.
• Cream butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add vanilla extract and eggs, beating well.
• Switch from an electric mixer to a sturdy spoon, and gradually mix in the flour mixture.
• Stir in mint chips. The dough will be VERY stiff.
• Drop by well-rounded teaspoons (I use a cookie scoop) onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes, until centers are set.
• Remove immediately (be careful, so cookies do not fall apart) to wire racks to cool completely.

ANDES MINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in baking chips., Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

ANDES MINT DOODLES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together into a bowl and set aside.
• With a hand held or standing mixer, beat together the shortening and butter until creamy.
• Add the sugars and continue beating until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until thoroughly incorporated.
• Add the flour mixture and blend until smooth.
• Fold in Andes Crème de Menthe Baking Chips.
• Roll the dough, by hand, into a 1 ½ inch balls. Roll the balls in the powdered sugar to fully cover ball. Flatten the balls gently into ½" thick disks and place about 2" apart, spacing them evenly on un-greased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cookies set 1 minute on baking sheet. Remove from sheet and move to wire rack to cool completely.

COPYCAT ANDES MINTS

Steps:

• Line an 8x8-inch pan with aluminum foil.
• Crush the peppermints into a powder by placing them in a ziplog bag and hammering them with something heavy like a rolling pin. or say, a hammer.
• Carefully melt the semisweet chocolate and white chocolate in separate bowls over hot water or slowly in the microwave, using the lowest setting for about 1 1/5 minutes, then stir to fully melt.
• Pour half of the semisweet chocolate into the prepared pan and freeze for 5 minutes.
• Add the crushed peppermints and the drop of green food coloring to the melted white chocolate and stir until the color is evenly distributed; add more color if desired. Pour the mixture over the cold semisweet chocolate layer. Freeze for 5 minutes or until set.
• Pour the remaining half of the semisweet chocolate on top of the green filling layer and spread it evenly.
• Place the finished pan in the freezer for another 5 minutes or until set.
• To cut, remove the foil from pan and slice the layered chocolate into desired shaped. The mints will keep for several days in an airtight container in the fridge. Separate each layer with waxed paper.