mint chocolate chip cookies

This week's recipe is a simple variation on my chocolate chip cookie post. 

I love mint and chocolate together, so this seemed like a no-brainer. 

And of course, I had to add some green food coloring for St Patrick's Day! 

They might look a little funny, but they taste great!

Makes 36- 48 cookies:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 sticks (1 cup) softened butter

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp peppermint extract

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

green food coloring (if desired)

[After some consideration, I've edited the recipe to remove the vanilla extract.
The extra liquid made my cookies turn out a little flat. Still yummy, but not as fluffy as the originals.]

Follow directions from this post, omitting the nutmeg and vanilla extract, and adding the mint extract 

(and food coloring if you like) instead with the eggs. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!