86.                      Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Drops

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups mint chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup white sugar for decoration

Direction

• Set the oven to 175° C or 350° F to preheat.
• Combine vegetable oil and 1 cup of sugar together in a medium bowl. Stir in vanilla and egg until smooth. Mix together salt, baking powder and flour, then stir into sugar mixture gradually. Blend in mint chocolate chips then roll the dough into balls of walnut size. Use leftover 1/4 cup of sugar to coat each dough ball, then arrange coated ball on the cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• In the preheated oven, bake for about 8-10 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes prior to transferring to a wire rack to cool thoroughly.

Nutrition Information

• Calories: 149 calories;
• Total Carbohydrate: 19.6
• Cholesterol: 10
• Protein: 1.9
• Total Fat: 7.5
• Sodium: 68