Thin Chocolate Mint Cookies

Name: Thin Chocolate Mint Cookies
Ingredients: 1½ cups (7½ ounces/213 grams), all-purpose flour; ½ cup (1½ ounces/43 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; ¼ teaspoon, baking soda; ½ cup refined, coconut oil, chilled; ¾ cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), sugar; 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 , large egg; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 pound (454 grams), semisweet chocolate (12 ounces [340 grams] chopped fine, 4 ounces [113 grams] grated), divided; ⅛ teaspoon, peppermint oil

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cookies
Holiday

Thin Mints—the best-selling Girl Scout cookies with a crisp chocolate coating and just the right amount of cool mint flavor—are a favorite of children and adults alike.

SERVES Makes about 70 cookies

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 45 minutes chilling and 20 minutes cooling

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