pillows of butter mint cookies
(4 ratings)
Do you remember those yellow and pastel butter mint pillow candies when you went to a shower or birthday party when you were young or was that just last year? LOL These cookies taste just like them. Enjoy
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(4 ratings)
yield
serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For pillows of butter mint cookies
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1/2 cunsalted butter, softened
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1 1/2 cgranulated sugar
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1 1/2 clight brown sugar, packed
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1 tspsalt
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4 lgeggs
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a few dashyellow or pink or green food color, paste or liquid
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1/2 tsppeppermint extract
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1 tspeach baking powder and baking soda
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4 call purpose flour
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12 ozbag butter mints, broken up or mini mint chips divided or mint kisses-chopped about1 1/2 cups befor crushing
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sugar sprinkles to match cookie color
How To Make pillows of butter mint cookies
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1Preheat oven to 350^ and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
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2In the bowl of an electric mixer beat together butter, sugars, and salt. Mix in eggs, food color( to the shade you like)., vanilla and peppermint extracts. NOTE: use food color to match the season. orange ,pink, red,green blue..etc...
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3Mix in baking powder and soda with the flour until just combined. Add 2/3 of a bag of the crushed butter mints or mint chips reserving the rest for topping. Cover and chill the dough the dough for 2 hours, or until chilled but not solid.
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4Pinch off a piece of the dough, about 1 1/2 inches in size and roll in the appropriate sugar color and place 2 inches apart onto parchment paper, press down slightly and; press 3 minty chips into each cookie. and bake for 9 to 10 minutes until edges are golden. Let set for 2 minutes and move to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
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