vegan mint chocolate chip cookies

I've been craving these for ages. It's like pickles for the pregnant, except I'm not pregnant and I want mint chocolate chip cookies.

ingredients:

2 c. plain flour
1/2 c. cocoa powder
1 c. golden caster sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp.salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
1/3 cup water
2 oz. bar of dark chocolate, roughly chopped

method:

In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add in the oil, vanilla and peppermint extracts and the water and mix well so that there are no floury clumps. Fold in the chocolate.

I find this mixture rather on the dry side, so you may find spooning the mixture and rolling each clump into balls and arranging them on a greased baking sheet (flattening into a circle as you go) easier than simply spooning it out individually. Arrange so each cookie is at least 1/2 inch away from its neighbour, then bake for about 11 minutes.

Let them cool for a couple of minutes before transferring over to a wire rack. Perfect with a tall glass of milk.

Pictures tomorrow, if we don't eat them all.

Comments

[emmms]

That sucks, Joanne, I'm sorry! They are definitely on the dry side, but mine definitely held together, I wonder why they didn't work out. I think my oven was around 350 as well (thanks for mentioning that, too, I can't believe I forgot that!!).

I made them again recently, but this time with 1/2 margarine instead of oil because I'm out of oil, and I liked them better -- would you be willing to try them out again? I'm going to convert the measures to metric weights, too, just in case that had anything to do with it.

[joannb]

i tried this recipe out and got not-so-good results. the cookie was super dry and didn't really come together at all. also wasn't sure what temp to use for the cookies - i tried 350. would love to see other results to compare against.

[Jess]

This sounds really yummy, can we make this on the show?

[Leanna]

holy best recipe ever, Batman. Seriously, mint chocolate= the best flavour combo! Why did I waste time making sugar cookies this afternoon??

[adrienne]

Oh mmm, they sound so good! I'll have to make these someday soon.