Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I love mint, it's a very refreshing flavor that makes me think of spring.  I also love mint and chocolate together and I love cookies.  So why not put them together!? What I came up with was yummy mint chocolate chunk cookies made from scratch.  It's so easy to just make cookies or other baked good from a box or mix, but this recipe is really easy, almost as easy as cooking from a box.

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter(1 cup), room temp
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 3/4 Andes chocolate mints, or any other brand, broken or cut into chunks

Start Cooking:
1.  Pre heat oven to 375 degrees.
2.  Using a stand mixer or hand held electric mixer, cream together butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.  Then add eggs one at a time, making sure they are well mixed in with the butter and sugars.
3.  In another bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt.  Slowly add the flour mixture to butter mixture, using the electric mixer to combine.  Once all the flour is mixed in, use a rubber scraper to fold in the mint chocolate chunks.
4.  Spoon onto cookie sheets, or use a cookie scoop.

5.  Bake for 9-11 minutes.  Remove from oven and let cook on cookie sheet for 1 minute.  Then transfer to cooling racks.  Store in air tight container.

Tips and Hints:

1.  before chopping up the chocolate mints, put them in the fridge for about an hour.  It will make them cold and easier to handle(they won't melt while handling them!).  

2.  serve the cookies while warm, or heat for a few seconds in the microwave. Yummy!

Enjoy!