Mintywiches

By patticakes

I started making Mintywiches in 1981 from a recipe I found in the Washington Post. They are a little time consuming because you have to make so many little cookies, but well worth the effort.

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 6 oz chocolate chips (1 cup)
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Andes mints (1 1/2 packages - cut each mint in half)

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the first three ingredients and beat until light and creamy. Blend in the next two ingredients. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and stir into the chocolate mixture. Chill the dough for several hours.

Shape 1/2 teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in sugar. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 10-12 minutes. (The dough gets very sticky as it warns. Keep it cool)

Remove from cookie sheet and turn half of cookies upside down. Put 1/2 mint on each of the turned cookies and top it with another cookie to make tiny mint sandwiches.