Mint Sandwich Cookies – a great cookie for Christmastime!
Mint Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
1 tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
Coarse sugar & red and/or green food coloring
40 chocolate-covered thin mints
Directions
~Preheat oven at 350°.
~In a large bowl, beat the cookie dough, flour, and extract until blended.
Roll into 1/2-in. balls.
~Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
~Coat the bottom of a glass with cooking spray, then dip in coarse sugar (that has been colored either red or green). Flatten balls with prepared glass to 1/4-in. thickness, dipping in additional sugar as needed. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until set.
~Carefully remove one cookie from baking sheet. Immediately turn cookie over and place a mint on the bottom of the cookie.Top with another cookie, pressing lightly.
~Repeat with remaining cookies and mints.
~Cool on wire racks.
~Makes 40 cookies.