CHOCOLATE MINT MELTAWAYS
from Bon Appetit Magazine, December 1990. Festive cookies spread with minted white chocolate and coated with dark chocolate. These have always been well received. The original recipe calls for piping the cookies out into ovals with the centers filled, but I found them very difficult to pipe, so I always hand-form them as described below. Also, I've always found that I can halve the ganache and have plenty for my taste. The chocolate coating amounts are just right.
Provided by jenpalombi
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 42 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For cookies: Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 2 heavy large cookie sheets. Using electric mixer, cream butter and extracts in medium bowl until light. Beat in sugar. Beat in half of flour. Stir in remaining flour. Roll the dough into small balls and flatten them slighty. Bake until golden brown on edges, about 12 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and cool.
- For ganache: Bring cream and butter to simmer in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth. Mix in extract. Refrigerate just until firm enough to spread, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with foil. Using small metal icing spatula, spread 1 teaspoon ganache over flat side 1 cookie. Arrange ganache side up on prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ganache is firm, about 30 minutes.
- For coating: Melt bittersweet chocolate and vegetable shortening in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from over water.
- Grasp cookie on sides and dip ganache side into bittersweet chocolate; shake cookie to remove excess chocolate. Place cookie on same sheet, chocolate side down. Repeat with remaining cookies. Chill until chocolate sets, 30 minutes. Remove cookies from foil.
- (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Refrigerate in single layers in airtight containers. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature before serving.).
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IBRAHIM KALBANA
[email protected]I made these cookies for my family and they loved them! They're so soft and chewy, and the chocolate and mint flavors are perfect together. I will definitely be making these again.
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[email protected]These cookies are so good! I love the mint chocolate flavor. They're also very easy to make. I will definitely be making these again.
Mb Akter
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now, and they're always a hit. They're so easy to make, and they're always delicious. I highly recommend them!
KAYODE MUSTAPHA
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and mint. They're also very easy to make, which is a plus. I will definitely be making these again.
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[email protected]I made these cookies for my family and they loved them! They're so soft and chewy, and the chocolate and mint flavors are perfect together. I will definitely be making these again.
AAron S√°nchez
[email protected]These cookies are so good! I love the mint chocolate flavor. They're also very easy to make. I will definitely be making these again.
Noah John
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now, and they're always a hit. They're so easy to make, and they're always delicious. I highly recommend them!
Blessing Arani
[email protected]These cookies are amazing! They're so soft and chewy, and the chocolate and mint flavors are perfect together. I will definitely be making these again and again.
Oduc Alphonse
[email protected]These cookies are so delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and mint. They're also very easy to make, which is a plus. I will definitely be making these again.
Shahid Sanhwar
[email protected]I made these cookies for a Christmas party and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them, and they were gone in no time. I will definitely be making these again for future parties.
Zikra Jafar
[email protected]These cookies were so easy to make and they turned out perfectly! They're the perfect balance of chocolate and mint, and they're so soft and chewy. I will definitely be making these again.