Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Christina
Christina @cook_3000087
USA

These are delicious and so festive for the holidays. The white chocolate drizzle makes the cookies so pretty and it allows the candy canes to stick a lot better to the finished cookie. Recipe adapted from : Sallysbakingaddiction.com

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

These are delicious and so festive for the holidays. The white chocolate drizzle makes the cookies so pretty and it allows the candy canes to stick a lot better to the finished cookie. Recipe adapted from : Sallysbakingaddiction.com

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Ingredients

  1. 1/2 cupunsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  2. 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  3. 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  4. 1large egg, at room temperature
  5. 1 tsp.vanilla extract
  6. 1 tsp.peppermint extract
  7. 1 cupall purpose flour
  8. 1/2 cup+ 2 tbsp. unsweetened natural cocoa powder
  9. 1 tsp.baking soda
  10. 1/8 tsp.salt
  11. 1 cupmini semi-sweet chocolate chips
  12. 1baking bar (4oz.) white chocolate
  13. 3candy canes, crushed

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed for 1 minute or so until smooth and creamy. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, then beat in the egg, vanilla and peppermint extracts. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl as needed.

  2. 2

    In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt until combined. On low speed, mix the dry ingredients into the wet until fully combined, then switch to high speed and beat in the mini chocolate chips.

  3. 3

    Cover the dough tightly and place it in the fridge to chill it for at least 3 hours (and up to 3 days). Take the dough out of the fridge about 20 minutes before you are ready to start baking.

  4. 4

    Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a couple of baking trays with either parchment paper or with silicone baking mats and set them aside. Scoop about 1.5 tbsp. of dough per cookie into balls and place them on the prepared baking trays, about 2" apart from each other.

  5. 5

    Bake for 8-9 minutes, rotating the pan at the 4 minute mark. The cookies will still look very soft in the centers. Allow them to cool on the trays for 5 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

  6. 6

    Once they're completely cooled, melt the white chocolate in a bowl in the microwave. Then you can either use a spoon to drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies or you can place the white chocolate in a Ziploc bag and snip one corner off to drizzle it. Sprinkle the crushed candy canes over the top while the white chocolate is still wet, then allow the white chocolate to set and harden.

  7. 7

    Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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I love to bake and to try out new recipes! I'm always on the lookout for simple dinners for busy weeknights. A lot of the recipes I post on here are ones I've found on Pinterest or from different bloggers, and that I've tried and really enjoyed, but I always reference to where I got the recipe from in the recipe description and the pictures are my own. If there's no source listed, then it's a rare recipe that I came up with. I have two wonderful kids and I hope to pass on my love of cooking and baking to them.
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