Homemade Thin Mints (Girl Scout Copycat!)

Name: Homemade Thin Mints (Girl Scout Copycat!)
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour, spooned and leveled; 2/3 cup dutch process unsweetened cocoa; 2 tsp. cornstarch; 1 tsp. baking powder; 3/4 tsp. kosher salt; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 large egg yolk, room temperature; 1 tsp. vanilla; 3/4 - 1 tsp. peppermint extract (not mint extract) (use less or more depending on how peppermint-y you want your cookies); 20 oz. dark chocolate melting wafers (you can also use high quality semi sweet chocolate but I like how the wafers set up.); 1 tsp. oil (canola or vegetable); 1/2-1 tsp. peppermint extract (use less or more depending on how peppermint-y you want your cookies)

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Homemade Thin Mints have rich chocolate flavor, the perfect amount of peppermint, and a velvety chocolate coating to finish.

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Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour, spooned and leveled
2/3 cup dutch process unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 large egg, room temperature
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 - 1 tsp. peppermint extract (not mint extract) (use less or more depending on how peppermint-y you want your cookies)
20 oz. dark chocolate melting wafers (you can also use high quality semi sweet chocolate but I like how the wafers set up.)
1 tsp. oil (canola or vegetable)
1/2-1 tsp. peppermint extract (use less or more depending on how peppermint-y you want your cookies)