Christmas

Homemade Thin Mints is for Dessert.

Homemade Thin Mints takes 300 minutes to prepare.

Homemade Thin Mints takes 15 minutes to cook.

Homemade Thin Mints makes 40 servings.

The ingredients for Homemade Thin Mints are:

2 cups all purpose flour
? cup sweet rice flour
7 tbsp unsweetened dark cocoa powder
? tsp salt
? cup butter, room temperature
2 tbsp shortening
1 cup white sugar
? cup milk
5 tbsp vodka
? tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp peppermint extract
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Chocolate Coating
10 oz dark or semisweet chocolate
1 tbsp shortening
? tsp peppermint extract

Here is how you make Homemade Thin Mints:

In a small bowl, whisk together flours, cocoa powder and salt.In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar. Add milk, vodka and extracts. The mixture will look curdled. Gradually, add in the flour mixture until fully incorporated.Shape dough into two logs, about 1 ?? in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1-2 hours, until dough is very firm.Preheat oven to 375F, line baking sheets with parchment or silicone.Slice dough into rounds not more than ?? thick ? otherwise will not be crisp. Place on the sheets fairly close together ? they don?t spread that much.Bake for 14 ? 15 minutes. Cool cookies completely on a wire rack before dipping in chocolate.---Combine chocolate and shortening in a double boiler over simmering water. Melt until chocolate is smooth. Stir in the extract.Dip each cookie in melted chocolate and transfer to a wire rack set over a piece of wax paper to set up for at least 30 minutes ? 1 hour.Number of Servings: 40Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Homemade Thin Mints is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 40
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 116.2

• Total Fat: 5.6 g
• Cholesterol: 6.2 mg
• Sodium: 18.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 15.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 1.3 g

The dietary needs meet for Homemade Thin Mints is Vegetarian