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Lucky Shamrock
Cookies Little leprechauns will love these mint chocolate treats
A s green as four-leaf clovers, these mint chocolate
chip cookies are the perfect dessert for St. Patrick’s Day.

To start the recipe, whisk together flour, baking soda and
salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, add
butter, sugar, eggs, green food coloring and
peppermint extract for that crisp mint
flavor. Beat with a hand mixture
and combine the ingredients in
both bowls together.

Add chocolate chips to
the mixed cookie batter.

Scoop onto a baking
sheet and bake at
375°F for 11-14
minutes until the edges of the cookies are light brown. Cool on a
wire rack before devouring.

With so much mixing and scooping to be done, kids can help make
the cookies, too. One of the best parts of the recipe is creating the
eye-catching color. Watch children’s smiling little faces as the batter
turns from light brown to dark green for a priceless reaction.

Serve these mint chocolate chip cookies
with a big glass of milk. n
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Mint Chocolate
Chip Cookies
Heat oven to 375°F.

In large bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt until
blended. Set aside.

In medium bowl, beat butter and sugar until combined.

Add eggs, food coloring and peppermint extract; beat until
combined. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; beat until
combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of cookie
dough onto baking sheet.

Bake 11-14 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.

Cool on wire racks.

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Servings: 24-32
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs 30 drops green food coloring
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 package (12 ounces) chocolate chips