MINT BAR COOKIES

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Ingredients

• Recipe By : Loraine Meyer Osgood
• Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
• Categories : Cookies
• Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
• BATTER
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate -- (1 ounce each)
• 2 eggs -- well beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour -- sifted
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• FROSTING
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 tablespoon half and half
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• green food coloring
• TOPPING
• 1 square unsweetened chocolate or semi sweet choc.
• 1 tablespoon butter

Preparation

Step 1

For batter melt butter and chocolate in top of double boiler; cool. Add eggs, extract and sugar; beat thoroly. Add flour and salt; beat until blended. Spread evenly in a buttered 9 x 9 pan. Bake 350 oven for 20 minutes. Cool. For frosting, cream butter with confectioners sugar, half and half and extract until smooth and fluffy. Add about 1 drop of green food coloring (only enough to tint a delicate green). Spread frosting on cookie base. Place in refrigerator until firm. For topping melt chocolate with butter; drizzle over green layer. Spread gently with spatula covering entire surface.