|
|
Article: THIN MINTS FOREVER Two stand-in recipes if your Girl Scout favorites vanish
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 21, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2004 Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
|
On a recent Saturday morning trek to my local bookstore, I netted
more than a copy of the gardening book that I had ordered. I somehow
ended up with two boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies under my arm
as well. I just couldn't resist those hard-working, soft-selling,
eager young women standing behind a card table on the sidewalk just
outside the store.
As I opened the cellophane tube to munch on a few of these mint-
chocolate-coated, chocolate wafer cookies, I remembered the Swap Shop
request for a homemade version of this very cookie. I thought this
would be an opportune time to look through the responses sent to me
and test one or two of them.
You might not expect a buttery cracker could ...