Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

== Ingredients ==
* 1 cup margarine, (2 sticks)
* 1⅓ cup sugar
* 1 tsp peppermint, flavoring
* ½ cup egg whites at room temperature
* 3 cup all-purpose flour
* ½ cup cocoa
* 2 tsp baking powder
* ¼ tsp salt
== Directions ==
# Cream margarine and sugar together at medium speed until light and fluffy.
# Add flavorings and egg whites, and mix at medium speed for 1 minute, scraping down bowl before and after adding flavorings and egg whites.
# Stir flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together to blend well; add to creamy mixture.
# Mix at medium speed to blend well.
# Cover and refrigerate from 3 hours to overnight.
# Return dough to room temperature.
# Roll our on a lightly floured board to ¼ thick.
# Cut with a 2½" round cutter or an equivalent cutter.
# Place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with pan spray or lined with aluminum foil.
# Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookies are almost firm.
# Remove cookies to a wire rack and cool to room temperature. 
== Note ==
Cookies will be soft if kept in an airtight container. If you want them crisp, freeze them or keep them in a container that isn't airtight. 
== Nutritional information ==
Food exchanges per servings: 1 starch/bread exchange + 1 fat exchange calories: 115, fat: 5g, cho: 16g, na: 98 mg, pro: 2g, cholesterol: 0
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