Chocolate Mint Cookies

By brimfam

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 8 eggs
• 8 tsp vanilla
• 12 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 6 cups flour
• 3 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• walnuts, roughly chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 1/2 c powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp milk
• 1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
• food coloring

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beat well. Add vanilla, cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder. Add nuts if desired. Drop on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes at 350°. Frost when cool. For frosting, beat butter and add powdered sugar slowly. Add peppermint extract and color. Add just enough milk to make easy to spread.