Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Soft and thick chocolate peppermint cookies drizzled with white chocolate and topped with crushed candy canes deserve to be front and center on your Christmas cookie plate!

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Candy Canes

Make the cookie dough. In a medium bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and whisk to combine.

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Cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.

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Add egg, milk, and peppermint extract to the butter mixture and beat to combine.

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Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, blending until combined.

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Chill cookie dough for 30 minutes then scoop 1.5 Tbsp. balls of cookie dough.

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Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes or until the cookies are flattened with slightly puffed centers. Let the cookies cool completely.

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Melt white chocolate and pipe or drizzle melted chocolate in thin, back-and-forth lines across a cookie.

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Sprinkle crushed candy cane bits onto the white chocolate. Repeat until all cookies are decorated.

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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Soft and thick chocolate peppermint cookies drizzled with white chocolate and topped with crushed candy canes deserve to be front and center on your Christmas cookie plate!

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Candy Canes

Baking Soda

Eggs

Sugar

Butter

White Wafers

Milk

Flour

Salt

Dutch Cocoa

Peppermint Extract

Brown Sugar

Make the cookie dough. In a medium bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and whisk to combine.

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Cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.

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Add egg, milk, and peppermint extract to the butter mixture and beat to combine.

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Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, blending until combined.

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Chill cookie dough for 30 minutes then scoop 1.5 Tbsp. balls of cookie dough.

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Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes or until the cookies are flattened with slightly puffed centers. Let the cookies cool completely.

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Melt white chocolate and pipe or drizzle melted chocolate in thin, back-and-forth lines across a cookie.

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Sprinkle crushed candy cane bits onto the white chocolate. Repeat until all cookies are decorated.

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