Title: Brian's chocolate mint christmas cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Christmas
      Yield: 3 Dozen
 
    1/2 c  Butter, unsalted
      1 c  Sugar, granulated
      1 lg Egg, beaten
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 ts Mint extract
    1/2 ts Mint extract
    1/2 c  Flour, unbleached
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Baking powder,
           -double-acting
      2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened
           Non-paralleils,
           -multi-colored
      2 ts Water
 
  Beat butter until soft; gradually add sugar and blend until creamy.
  Mix in beaten egg and extracts.  DON'T USE A FOOD PROCESSOR!!!
  
  Stir salt and baking powder into flour; stir into butter/sugar
  mixture.
  
  Melt chocolate in water over a double-boiler; add to dough. Form into
  a long roll approximately 2" - 3" wide. Wrap dough with plastic wrap
  and chill overnight.
  
  Slice dough 1/4" thick and place on greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle
  with non-paralleils and press in slightly with back of spoon. Bake in
  400 degree oven for 8 - 10 minutes. Cool cookies on rack.
  
  Vicki's notes:
  
  *  Can substitute 3 oz. semi-sweet chips for the chocolate.
  
  *  These cookies came about when my husband asked me to make
  chocolate-mint cookies for Christmas.  (They are based on the
  refrigerator cookies in "Joy of Cooking," with my own variations.)
  Although disappointed because he really wanted Girl Scout cookies
  (!), everybody else likes them and I've had several requests for the
  recipe. (Actually, my husband usually asks for chocolate chip
  cookies, no matter what time of year...)