Sunday, November 25, 2012

Sharon's Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 T. water
2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
2 eggs
2 1/2 cup flour
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sale
Andes mints
Melt butter, brown sugar and water in a large heavy saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate chips and stir in until partly melted. After chocolate chips have melted, pour into a large bowl and cool for 10 minutes.
With mixer add: eggs, flour, soda and salt. Beat in dry ingredients until just blended. Chill dough 1 hour or more. Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheet. Teaspoon dough into balls. Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and put 1/2 or a whole unwrapped Andes mint sandwich on top. Let soften/melt and swirl with the back of a spoon. Let cool. Makes about 80 cookies, depending on what size you make them.

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