Member Center
Share
-
Del.icio.us
-
Digg
-
Facebook
-
Furl
-
Google
-
Reddit
-
Stumbleupon
-
Y! MyWeb
Article tools
Get our e-lert
Sign up for our bi-weekly things-to-do newsletter to help you plan your weekend and weeknights.
Chocolate Mint Cookies
By Ann Heller
Dayton Daily News
Lydia Hogue of Dayton, a teacher at the Miami Valley Child Development Center, sent in two recipes. She thought her Praline Cookies would win, but the seasonal flavor of mint won her a place in the finals in the Dayton Daily News 2002 Holiday Cookie Contest. Tasters who like mint found it refreshing.
Makes 32
1/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
32 round, thin chocolate-covered mint patties
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating until well combined. Drop by tablespoon two inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, or use parchment paper. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, or until the tops are cracked. Turn cookies on tops and place a mint patty immediately on half of them, then top with another cookie. Press lightly to seal. Cool completely (the mint in the middle becomes very hot). Store in a sealed container with a slice of bread to preserve softness.
Have fun
An Excuse to Celebrate
World Television Day
Okay, so this is technically a European holiday, but we Americans love TV too. Watch the tube as much as you want today in celebration. TV listings and more »
Best of Dayton
You Decide What's the Best
Best Barbecue Restaurant [poll]
Here's where you get to tell the world what you think. Every week you get to vote on the best that the Dayton area has to offer in entertainment, restaurants, recreation & and a few other bizarro categories.
Voting in this category ends on Nov. 24.
We have REVISED our official rules »
Colleges
Find Local College Events
University of Dayton
- Fourth annual Citizens of the World Exhibition at ArtStreet
- Friday Film Series at ArtStreet
- The Dan Rivers Acoustic Open Mic Show at Bargos Grill
Sinclair Community College
- The Elderly Brothers at J-Alans
- The Sailing, Russian Tombstones and The Audible Influence at Canal Street
- WROU 'Old Skool' dance party at Gilly's
Wright State University
Things to Do
Find Local Events
Check out the hottest fashions at Ebony Fashion Fair [things to do]
International fashion flair will rock Dayton a week earlier than usual. The Ebony Fashion Fair, a longtime day-after-Thanksgiving tradition, catwalks into the Dayton Convention Center on Friday, Nov. 21. Tickets are $25 to $30. The traveling fashion show is expected to raise $10,000 to $12,000 for National Council of Negro Women programs. More »
What's happening this week
- Mothergrove at Peach's Grill
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra with Violinist Vadim Gluzman at Schuster Performing
- Auntie Mame at Dayton Playhouse
- The Cover of Life at the Dayton
- Third Friday Fling in Yellow Springs
- 103.9 The X and Live Nation Present Staind, Seether and Papa Roach in Concert at Hara Arena
- Party Crashers at BW3s in Englewood for the OSU-Michigan game
Search Events
Find Local Events
What's happening this week
- Mothergrove at Peach's Grill
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra with Violinist Vadim Gluzman at Schuster Performing
- Auntie Mame at Dayton Playhouse
- The Cover of Life at the Dayton
- Third Friday Fling in Yellow Springs
- 103.9 The X and Live Nation Present Staind, Seether and Papa Roach in Concert at Hara Arena
- Party Crashers at BW3s in Englewood for the OSU-Michigan game
Movies
Movies & Showtimes
'Twilight'[movies]
If Buffy the Vamipre Slayer has taught us nothing else, it's that teens, vampires and love affairs make for good entertainment. In "Twilight" new girl Bella is swept up in a passionate and dangerous romance with Edward, a mysterious teen vampire. More »
Find Showtimes
Find Movie Times
New Movies in Theaters
Restaurants
Find Restaurants
Random Top-Rated Restaurants
Click restaurants to add your rating/review.
Food & More
Local Dining
Amelia's Bistro, Bellbrook, restaurant review [review]
Call it comfort food, gourmet style. From crab raviolis with vanilla lobster sauce, to a hand-cut and brined pork chop served with a fig jam, to a simply "Big-Ass Cake" that's a chocolate lover's dream, Amelia's has the potential to become a destination restaurant — worth the drive to Bellbrook. More »
Random Top-Rated Restaurants
Click restaurants to add your rating/review.
ActiveDayton.com: Contact Us | Advertise | Our Partners | Feedbot | Find our free weekly magazine | Sitemap | RSS
Copyright © 2008 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
By using ActiveDayton.com, you accept the terms of our visitor agreement and privacy policy.
