Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

110 gr butter
200 gr sugar
1 egg
2 gr vanilla extract
1 gr mint extract
65 gr flour
1 gr salt
2 gr baking powder
60 gr chocolate
1 non-paralleils
10 ml water

Instructions

Beat butter until soft; gradually add sugar and blend until creamy. Mix in beaten egg and extracts.

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 inches wide. Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill overnight.

Slice dough 1 cm 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.