Peppermint Sandwich Cookies

Look at these babies!
I'm salivating just thinking about them.
By FAR my favourite cookie of the year, just like a Girl Guide cookie (if you're Canadian you'll understand the heaven that I'm referring to).

The chocolate cookie I used in this recipe was a near disaster, so I'll give you another one to try. The mint icing is actually a white chocolate ganache, so decadent and minty :) :) :)

Chocolate Cookie (Martha Stewart)

• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate, chopped
• 4 tbsp. salted butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp/ vanilla

Heat chocolate and butter in a heat-proof bowl over a bain-marie until almost melted, remove from heat and stir to melt the rest. 

In another bowl whisk together flour and baking powder. 

In another bowl beat eggs, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, reduce to low and slowly beat in melted chocolate. Mix in flour mixture until just combined. 

Drop 2 inches apart by tablespoon onto parchment papered cookie sheets and bake 12-15 minutes at 

350 F until cracked and shiny but still soft in the centre. 

Cool on cookie sheet then finish on a cooling rack. 

Mint White Chocolate Ganache (Joy the Baker)

• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup white chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. mint extract
• a touch of green gel food colouring (optional)

Add the chocolate and mint to a medium bowl. In a saucepan boil the cream over medium heat, pour over the chocolate and mint extract and leave for a minute. After a whooolle minute, stir, watching it turn into a minty creamy puddle of love. 

Refrigerate covered until ready to assemble. Place a teaspoon of ganache on a cookie and press a cookie of matching size on top. 

Refrigerate cookies until ready to eat :)