This is officially my favorite cookie recipe of all time. And I am in no way exaggerating. My mom and I have made these cookies every year since I was very very young, I can't actually remember when we first started making them. I was just that young. Each year we have to make a double or even triple batch, as everyone snaps them up so greedily!
This year, in addition to making the original recipe with my mom while on vacation in America, I perfected an egg-free recipe about 2 weeks ago while still in the UK so that I could share them with my boyfriend's family. I also omitted the vanilla extract from the recipe, as it contains a tiny amount of alcohol. However, there is the option of leaving it in if you prefer, OR substituting the extract for real vanilla. Since vanilla pods are so expensive, that option was not an option for me. For the record, the cookies are nearly identical in taste and texture as the original recipe.
Egg-Free Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
You will need:
2.5 cups flour
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup milk (add an additional 1 Tbsp milk at a time before Step 8 if necessary until dough is not crumbly
and is able to hold a sphere/ball shape)
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1 10oz package Mint Chocolate Chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar and vegetale oil. Mix.
4. Beat in milk and (optional) vanilla extract.
5. Gradually add flour mixture.
6. Stir in mint chocolate chips.
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Roll drops into balls and roll balls in a small bowl of remaining sugar.
9. Place sugar-covered dough balls back on the cookie sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Yield 5 1/2 dozen (small) cookies
Nestle's Toll House Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Drops (Original Recipe)
You will need:
2.5 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 10oz package Mint Chocolate Chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar and vegetale oil. Mix.
4. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
5. Gradually add flour mixture.
6. Stir in mint chocolate chips.
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Roll drops into balls and roll balls in a small bowl of remaining sugar.
9. Bake 8-10 minutes.
Yield 5 1/2 dozen (small) cookies
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