Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, vanilla and salt.
Beat well. Add flour, cocoa and baking soda.
Mix well.
Drop onto ungreased baking sheet by rounded teaspoonfuls.
Bake for 7 to 8 minutes. Top with mint and bake for 2 minutes more.
Spread mint over top of cookies.
Great at Christmas time.
To make the Mint Simple Syrup, bring the sugar
Place the tea, mint extract or mint leaves, and sugar, if desired, in a teapot. heat the water to a boil and pour the water into the teapot. Let the tea brew for 3 to 5 minutes, depending on your taste. Strain or pour the tea into a cup. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig.
NOTE: You can also mix fresh or dried mint leaves with the Gunpowder tea before brewing--1/2 teaspoon of each works best. Then omit the mint extract from the recipe.
n this recipe.
Garnish with chopped cilantro or mint. Serve
tew (no liquid). Stir in mint.
Cut the stem ends
Whisk together all ingredients until blended.
Lemon-Herb Dressing With Chives and Tarragon: Substitute chopped fresh chives for mint. Proceed with recipe as directed.
Lemon-Herb Dressing With Basil: Substitute 1/3 cup chopped fresh basil for mint and tarragon. Proceed with recipe as directed. Season with salt to taste.
Preheat outdoor grill to high. Brush lamb with melted butter or oil and season well. Cook for 2-3 minutes each side, until cooked to your liking.
Whisk mint and cayenne pepper into warm Hollandaise sauce.
Toss together hot potato halves and parsley.
Serve lamb with potatoes and drizzle with mint Hollandaise.
lus 2 tablespoons oil, the mint, hazelnuts, garlic, and salt and
iquid and proceed with the recipe as directed. The amount of
Serve soup with a few mint leaves on top as well
5 minutes. Cool.
Prepare mint icing: Soften margarine. Add salt
owl and stir in the mint and beets.
Drizzle the
Make your lemonade, however you like it. Everyone has their own recipe for lemonade.
In an ice cube tray, place one raspberry and one mint leaf in each compartment (if the mint leaves are small, I usually put two).
Fill ice cube tray with lemonade and freeze.
Once frozen, add to your lemonade. Once the cubes start to melt, it will infuse the lemonade with the flavor of the raspberries and mint leaves, and since it was frozen with lemonade and not just plain water, it will not \"water down\" the flavors.
Crush mint leaves and sugar in a 12-ounce glass.
Fill with cracked ice and bourbon.
Stir until glass frosts.
Decorate with a sprig of mint.
Very old recipe.
Slice the water melon into 1-inch thick rounds.
Cut rinds from flesh and discard.
Cut flesh into 1-inch cubes and remove seeds. Place cubes in large bowl.
Add onions and minced mint.
If made ahead, cover and chill up to 4 hours.
Pour dressing over salad. Mix gently.
Add salt to taste.
ngredients except lamb and Herb Mint Sauce. Blend and pour combined
prinkling with coarsely chopped chocolate mint candies makes this already incredible
-inch in diameter. The recipe makes about 30 golf ball
Rub the mint leaves around the inside of a large iced tea jug or pitcher, then drop them into the glass.
Pour in remaining ingredients and mix well.
Serve with a lime wedge on the edge of the glass.
Our troop leader Nashawn, also made this recipe using mint and raspberry extract to taste, and it got rave reviews.
For an alcohol variation, add 1-2 shots (30-60ml) of dark rum to 16 ounces of cooler. (No, The Girl scouts did not partake of this version!).
In a pitcher, mix the water, cucumber, 3 mint sprigs and lemon. Let it rest on the fridge for 24 hours. If you prepare the water at the last minute, cut the first cucumber in three or four pieces. Then, squeeze the cucumber pieces to release all the juice.
Before serving remove the cucumber slices used to flavor the water. Then stir with a wooden spoon, add some ice cubes, 6 or 7 fresh cucumber slices and the remaining 2 mint sprigs. Enjoy this refreshing drink.