Unfortunately as the holiday season comes to an end, so does the abundance of chocolate peppermint flavored baked goods. But before you toss the tree or start boxing up the decorations, allow yourself one more batch of holiday cookies, specifically these soft, chocolatey cookies drizzled with dark, melty, minty chocolate. They come together quickly, only require about an hour in the refrigerator, and are super fun to roll out and cut into different shapes. I personally think that drizzling on copious amounts of the dark chocolate as soon as the cookies come out of the oven is the best part, but you can decide for yourself when you make them.
Ingredients:
-1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
-1/2 cup of cocoa powder
-1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
-1/2 teaspoon of salt
-1 stick of unsalted butter, room temperature
-3/4 cup of granulated sugar
-1/4 cup of dark or light brown sugar
-1 egg
-1 egg yolk
-1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
-4 ounces of dark chocolate
-2 teaspoons of peppermint extract
-2 candy canes, crushed
Recipe:
-Cream together the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer for about 3 minutes
-Add in the egg, egg yolk & vanilla extract and beat until fully combined
-Whisk together your flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Then slowly add it in to your butter mixture and beat just until combined
-Divide dough in half and shape each half into a disk. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for an hour
-Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
-Flour a clean surface and roll out your dough to about 1/2 of an inch thick
-Cut as many cookies out as you can and then re-roll out the dough and cut again
-Place cut-outs on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
-Bake for 14 minutes- the cookies should be dry when you touch the tops
-While the cookies are cooling(still on the baking sheet), melt the dark chocolate and peppermint extract together in the microwave
-Use a fork to drizzle the melted chocolate over the cookies
-Sprinkle the crushed candy canes over the drizzled cookies, and place entire tray into the refrigerator for 10 minutes-ENJOY
(adapted from http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/12/chocolate-peppermint-snowflake-cookies.html)
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