Mint Oreo Chip Cookies
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Mint Oreo Chip Cookies
Description
This cookie recipe starts by creaming softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then blending in eggs and mint extract for minty aroma. Flour, salt, and baking soda are sifted and incorporated gradually, followed by green and blue food coloring added to tint the dough a pastel greenish-blue shade. Crushed Oreo cookies and chocolate chips are folded into the dough to provide texture contrasts and rich chocolate flavor.
Portioned into tablespoon-sized balls and baked at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes, the cookies remain soft without browning. The mint extract adds a bright, cooling note that complements the dual chocolate mix-ins. The unique colors and crushed Oreos give a playful look and taste reminiscent of mint chocolate desserts.
They are suitable as a novelty dessert or for occasions where a minty chocolate-flavored cookie is desired. The contrasting flavors and colors make them visually appealing and flavorful within a standard home-baked cookie framework.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter , softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large egg
- 2 teaspoons mint extract
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 3 drops Blue Food coloring
- 10 drops green food coloring , more if needed
- 16 Oreo cookies , crushed into chunks
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- To your stand mixer add butter and sugar and cream on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add in eggs and mint extract until well combined.
- Sift flour, salt & baking soda into a medium bowl then add to the stand mixer on the lowest speed setting.
- Add in food coloring and mix until evenly colored.
- Using a spatula fold in Oreos and chocolate chips.
- Add 2 tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough to baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12minutes, do not let cookie brown.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 36Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 126 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 126kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 118mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 25mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 111IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.