Creme de Menthe Cookies

Name: Creme de Menthe Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 dozen
Ingredients: 3/4 cup margarine, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 large egg, room temperature; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; FILLING/FROSTING:; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 4 to 5 tablespoons green creme de menthe; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Total Time Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield about 2 dozen

Test Kitchen Approved

This is my mother's Christmas recipe. She made these every year and whenever I smell them baking, I think of her. —Beth Cates, Hampton, Tennessee

Ingredients

3/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
FILLING/FROSTING:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
4 to 5 tablespoons green creme de menthe
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

In a large bowl, cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg. In another bowl, whisk flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll.
Preheat oven to 325°. Roll each portion of dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/4-in. thickness (dough will be soft). Cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set, 7-8 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and enough creme de menthe to reach a spreading consistency. Spread evenly on bottoms of half of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Frost cookies.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 191 calories, 8g fat (3g saturated fat), 8mg cholesterol, 120mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (19g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

This is my mother's Christmas recipe. She made these every year and whenever I smell them baking, I think of her. —Beth Cates, Hampton, Tennessee

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