Holiday Baking! Chocolate Peppermint Cream Cookies
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Recipe type: Cookie
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 18-20
 
These minty delights will satisfy your cookie craving in no time!
Ingredients
  • COOKIE:
  • 1⅔ cup flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup bittersweet or dark chocolate chips
  • PEPPERMINT CREAM:
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1½ tbsp butter, softened
  • 3 tbsp evaporated milk
  • ¼ tsp coconut oil, melted (canola or light olive oil will do if you don't have coconut on hand)
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ⅓ tsp peppermint extract
  • GANACHE:
  • 6 oz dark chocolate, chopped
  • 1 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
  3. Set aside
  4. In another bowl, beat together the butter and sugars for the cookie base.
  5. Add egg, yolk and vanilla and continue to beat.
  6. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms.
  7. Gently fold in the chocolate chips
  8. Roll dough into 1½ to 2 inch balls and place on a baking sheet prepared with parchment paper
  9. Make sure cookies are spaced at least two inches apart
  10. Bake for 8-10 minutes, let cool on cookie sheet
  11. While cookies are cooling, add powdered sugar, butter, milk, oil and extracts to a bowl
  12. Beat until smooth and creamy
  13. Use a spatula to spread the peppermint cream on top of the cooled cookie
  14. If using ganache, Melt chocolate and cream together in the microwave in 30 second intervals
  15. Drizzle with chocolate ganache and crushed peppermint, if desired
Recipe by Girl and Her Kitchen at http://www.girlandherkitchen.com/2018/12/holiday-baking-chocolate-peppermint-cream-cookies.html