Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped dark baking chocolate
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons espresso powder
Filling
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon mint extract
- green food colouring
- 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Garnish
- Fresh mint leaves cut into fingernail sized pieces, 1 per cookie
- Chocolate covered espresso beans, 1 per cookie
Method
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Knead cookie ingredients together well.
- Roll 1/4 inch thick on well floured surface.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cut into cookies using 1 3/4" round cookie cutter, put on baking sheet.
- Bake cookies until edges turn golden brown (about 10-12 minutes).
- Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.
Filling
- Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and cream cheese.
- Add extracts and continue to beat.
- While beating, add food colouring one drop at a time until desired colour.
- On low speed, stir in the powdered sugar until combined.
- Scrape sides of the bowl.
- Increase speed and beat for 2 minutes.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
Frosting
- In a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate together over medium low heat.
- Mix in sugar.
- Mix in milk and vanilla.
- While mixing, increase temperature and bring to a rolling boil.
- While mixing, boil for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat until spreading consistency.
- While hot, drizzle over top of one half of the cooled cookies.
Assembly and Garnish
- Assemble cookies by:
- Turning an unfrosted cookie upside down.
- Piping filling onto the cookie.
- Topping with a frosted cookie.
- Piping a marble sized piece of filling on to the centre of the top cookie.
- Sticking a piece of fresh mint into the frosting.
- Sticking a chocolate covered espresso bean on top of the mint and frosting.
- Keep cookies chilled until ready to serve.
Source
Cookies adapted from Toone family recipe
Filling adapted from https://wickedgoodkitchen.com/mint-cream-cheese-buttercream/
Frosting Barkley family recipe
Filling adapted from https://wickedgoodkitchen.com/mint-cream-cheese-buttercream/
Frosting Barkley family recipe
