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Heavenly refreshing in taste and exotic in appearance are these mint cookies. They taste delicious any time of year, and you can make them with fresh mint in the summer. The mint cookies are easy and quick to make with a few common ingredients. They pass for summer as well as Christmas cookies. You can find a detailed peppermint cookies recipe with exact amounts and step-by-step instructions right below.
Summer cookies with fresh mint
The peppermint cookies are ideal summer cookies. Because they taste really fresh and light. In addition, you can make them in the summer with fresh mint. This makes them especially aromatic and refreshing. Serve the peppermint cookies with a cup of tea, snack on them in between meals or take them with you on the road, for example when hiking.
Alternatives to fresh peppermint
By the way, instead of fresh mint, you can make the cookies with dried peppermint leaves or with food grade peppermint oil. As for the latter, you’ll have to experiment with the amount yourself then. About a few drops of it would do the trick, though. However, the cookies won’t get their green color with the essential oil. So you can make the cookies even on cold days, when there is no fresh mint in the garden. Thus, they pass perfectly as fancy Christmas cookies.
Exotic and aromatic cookies
The peppermint cookies look very exotic with their green color. At the same time, they do not contain any food coloring. Their taste is also unique. Namely, the mint cookies taste heavenly refreshing. If you are looking for a special homemade gift from the kitchen for your loved ones, the mint cookies are ideal for this.
These peppermint cookies are
- refreshing,
- crumbly,
- fluffy,
- very tasty,
- aromatic,
- with fresh mint,
- striking in taste and appearance,
- ideal summer cookies,
- also perfect as Christmas cookies,
- easy and quick to make.
Simple and quick peppermint cookies recipe
The peppermint cookies recipe you can find here below in the recipe box is very simple. You first need to mash mint leaves and then mix all the ingredients to make a very sticky dough. From this you form small balls and bake them. Since the dough is very soft, the balls will turn into cookies when baked.
How to make peppermint cookies: tips and tricks
- As an alternative to fresh mint, you can use dried peppermint leaves or food grade peppermint oil.
- The amount of flour listed in the recipe may vary. Add only enough flour to the peppermint mixture to make a very sticky mixture, but not mushy or firm.
- Do not knead the dough too long, but only briefly to a homogeneous consistency, so that the cookies taste fluffy and not firm after baking.
- Use a toothpick to check if the mint cookies are done baking.
Did you make the peppermint cookies using this recipe? I look forward to your results, your star rating, and your comment below here on how you liked and enjoyed the pastry.
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Peppermint cookies / mint cookies
Ingredients
- 30 g fresh peppermint leaves
- 120 g butter room warm
- 120 g sugar
- 1 egg
- approx. 230 g flour
- 6 g baking powder
- zest of 1 organic lemon
- 1 pinch of salt
Instructions
- Put peppermint leaves, sugar, lemon zest and salt in a blender and puree it to a homogeneous green mass.
- Transfer the mint mixture into a mixing bowl, add softened butter and egg and mix.
- Mix flour with baking powder, add it in batches to the peppermint mixture and knead it briefly to form a very sticky dough.
- Shape the dough into small balls, moistening your hands lightly with water as you go, and spread them out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them well apart.
- Bake the peppermint cookies (the balls will flatten out as they bake) in a preheated oven at 170 °C top and bottom heat for about 15 minutes.
Notes
- As an alternative to fresh mint, you can use dried peppermint leaves or food grade peppermint oil.
- The amount of flour specified may vary. Add only enough flour to the peppermint mixture until you get a very sticky mixture, but not mushy or firm.
- Do not knead the dough for too long in any case, but only briefly until you get a homogeneous consistency.
- Use a toothpick to check if the mint cookies are baked.
- Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the peppermint cookies at the top of the post.