Recipe - Chocolate Chip-Mint Cookies (Modified By Slt)

One half Stick butter
One fourth cup Prune puree or Lighter Bake
One half cup Packed brown sugar
One half cup Granulated sugar
1 lg Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon Peppermint extract
1 One half cup Unbleached white flour
One fourth cup Unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

2. Cream together butter, prune puree, and sugars with an electric mixer at
high speed.

3. Beat in egg. Stir in vanilla and peppermint extracts.

4. Sift together the dry ingredients and add this to the butter mixture
along with the chocolate chips. Stir until well combined.

5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake
12 to 15 minutes at 350 F. Remove from sheet immediately after baking and
cool on a rack.

Makes 2 One half dozen.

Note: The original recipe calls for 1 One half sticks of butter and no prune
puree. Proceed as directed.

Recipe by: Mollie Katzen's Still Life with Menu Cookbook

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "slt4@cornell.edu" slt4@cornell.edu on Mar
10, 1998