Mint Brownie Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter softened

• ¾ cup brown sugar packed

• 2 tablespoon granulated sugar

• 1 large egg at room temperature

• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 & ¼ cup flour

• ½ cup dutch processed cocoa powder

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mint frosting layer

• 3 tablespoons butter softened, unsalted

• 4 oz cream cheese softened

• ¼ teaspoon mint extract (I used peppermint)

• Green Food Coloring (Optional)

• ½ cup powdered sugar

Hershey Syrup (For topping)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F then line a baking sheet with parchement paper and set aside.

2. Cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and creamy. Mix in the egg and the vanilla extract until combined.

3. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and mix until the flour mixture disappears. Fold in the chocolate chips. Scoop out 9 equally sized cookie dough balls with a large cookie scooper  and place those cookies on a baking sheet leaving about 2 inches of space between each one.

4. Gently press down on the cookies to about 1 inch in thickness, and bake for 10 minutes. Once the cookies are baked, let them cool down and transferring them to a cooling rack

Mint Frosting

1. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, and cream cheese together until soft and creamy.

2. Add in the mint extract, and the powdered sugar and whip until fluffy. Add the Green Food Coloring now, too.

3. Frost each cookie  with the frosting and top it with Chocolate Syrup