Bakers and confectioners have long known the magic of chocolate combined with mint: Milano Mint Chocolate cookies from Pepperidge Farm, the Girl Scouts' Thin Mints, and Andes Creme de Menthe Thins.

With the price of eggs surging, eggless recipes and egg substitutes are in demand. I tried baking "poor man's cookies," a vintage recipe that has no eggs or dairy. They didn't come out perfectly ...