Mint Choc Chunk Cookies

Mint Choc Chunk Cookies (or 'Hulk' bikkies according to Daddy Joe and 'Grinch' bikkies for Faith)

Ingredients
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
3/4 teaspoon of salt
3/4 cup of room temperature butter (170g)
1 cup packed of brown sugar1/2 cup of white sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 C of chocolate chips (I cut up white and milk chocolate melts into little chunks)
3tsps Peppermint Essence
some green food colouring (optional)

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease cookie sheets or cover in baking paper2. Bowl 1: Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
3. Bowl 2: Cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. THEN beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended.
4. Add peppermint essence and food colouring
5. Stir in the chocolate chunks by hand using (Don’t throw them in the mixer if you are using one!)
6. Drop cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies shouldn't be too close together as they spread a little.
6. Bake for 14 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. This is because all of the chocolate needs a few extra minutes to harden, or else they will cool formed with ridges from the wires on the rack.

Pretty darn good if I do say so myself!

I've just brought strawberry and orange essences so I'll try a different flavour and maybe colour next time