For really magnificent cookies, feel free to add chopped walnuts or dark chocolate chips—a little healthy antioxidant thrown in.

INGREDIENTS | SERVES 12–15

2/3 cup trans-fat-free margarine, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened chocolate, melted

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 (10-ounce) package mint chocolate morsels

Nonstick cooking spray

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F.

• 2. In a mixing bowl, beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer.

• 3. Gradually add white and brown sugars. Mix well.

• 4. Add egg, vanilla extract, and melted chocolate, and continue to beat.

• 5. Gradually add flour, until batter is smooth.

• 6. By hand, stir in mint morsels.

• 7. Spray nonstick cooking spray on a baking sheet. Using a teaspoon, drop large teaspoons-full of dough onto the baking sheet.

• 8. Bake 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.