Andes Creme De Menthe Cookies (Non Pampered Chef Recipe)

[babywings76]

:chef: So I was in the mood to make some cookies and looked in my choc chip/nut area in my cupboards and found a bag of Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips. Here's the recipe it had on the back of the bag. Now here's the question...would you follow the directions exactly like it's written, or would you cream the butter and sugars first, then add the eggs and vanilla, and then the rest? Or some other order?


Andes Crème de Menthe Cookies:
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup salted butter - softened
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 package (10 oz.) Andes® Crème de Menthe Baking Chips
2-2/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F.

Blend butter, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla and eggs until mixed.

Stir in Andes Baking Chips and then flour. Chill approximately one hour in the refrigerator.

Measure out approximately 1 oz. of dough. Form a ball and slightly flatten.

Raise oven rack one level above the middle and bake on non-stick baking pans.

Bake at 350° F for approximately 8 - 10 minutes.

Cool on pans for two minutes before removing.

Yield:
4 dozen cookies.

 

[byrd1956]

Most recipes I've read says to cream butter & sugar first then add eggs, etc. (just like you said) I really don't know what this does or if it makes the recipe better. So are you making them now?? Let us know how they are. I love Andes mints!

 

[babywings76]

I didn't end up making them tonight. Things got busy with the kids and stuff. I think I'll try them tomorrow. I just looked at the recipe again and realized the flour gets added with the chips later, I must have overlooked that at first in my rush earlier, so I guess the recipe isn't too much different this way. It's just the baking soda and baking powder that goes in with the wet ingredients first. The way it was worded just seemed different to me than normal cookies that have you "cream" together ingredients. This just says to "blend" until mixed. That doesn't seem too specific to me. How well blended do they mean? (I guess I'm nit picky when following cookie recipes because I have a hard time baking them. I'm a pretty good cook, but not much of a baker--unless I have a recipe to follow.)I'll try them tomorrow and do them as directed and let you know how they turn out.

 

[tnmimi]

My neice made these at Christmas they are yummy!!!

 

[janezapchef]

I've made these before -- soooooo yummy! I did as you suggested and creamed the butter and sugars together then added eggs, vanilla, then the rest.