Chocolate Mint Cookies

Ingredients:

For the cookies:

100g soft butter
150g soft light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
150g plain flour
35g cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
200g dark chocolate chips

For the glaze:

75g icing sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder, sieved
2 tablespoons boiling water
1/4 teaspoon peppermint essence

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

2. Cream the butter and brown sugar. Afterwards, beat in the vanilla extract and the egg.

3. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking powder in a bowl, and gradually beat in to the creamed mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips.

4. Using a rounded, 15ml-tablespoon measure, spoon out scoops of cookie dough and place them on a lined baking sheet, leaving a little space in between each one.

5. Bake in the oven for 12 minutes. Afterwards, let them sit on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before moving them to a cooling rack, with some newspaper on the surface underneath to catch any glaze later.

6. Put the glaze ingredients into a saucepan and heat until combined.

7. Using a teaspoon, zig-zag the glaze over each cookie.

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