These are delicious. It seemed to take forever for the chocolate to set but I think a lot of that has to do with the humidity here. NOPE! It was brought to my attention I put in one too many sticks of butter!! I was planning another recipe and didn’t realize that I used that recipe’s butter in the chocolate covering. I thought I was losing my mind when I couldn’t figure out what happened to the other stick, said, “whatever!” and went back to work. When I tell you people that this last week has been a horrible, horrific span of events, .. it has been. Just think of pretty much the worst thing possible and that pretty much what has happened this past week. Really. So kalamai, forgive me for being imperfect. The PITA factor is high–I do not like fussy stuff!!!–but they are very, very good. Do not slice them too thick or they are soft and fall apart easily when dipping in chocolate. 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup cornstarch 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1/3 cup milk (any kind) 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 tsp peppermint extract — I modified it to 2 tsp In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. With the mixer on low speed, add in the milk and the extracts. Mixture will look curdled. Gradually, add in the flour mixture until fully incorporated. Shape dough into two logs, about 1 1/2 inches (or about 4 cm) in diameter, wrap …