It’s amazing that it is already 2010! It seems like yesterday I was in my junior year of college and bracing myself for Y2K…it makes me chuckle just remembering the hype! I want to wish each of you a Happy New Year filled with peace, love, happiness, health and deliciousness! I look forward to an amazing year filled with great recipes, photography, fun and friends!
Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Cookies
Adapted from allrecipes
Yields: 36 cookies
Ingredients
1 cup shortening (I am betting butter would work just fine)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon butter flavoring (I added this because I used shortening)
2 drops pure peppermint extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies (I used 3 candy canes)
Method
1. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla, butter extract and peppermint extract.
2. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in crushed candies.
3. Shape into a 15-in. roll; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. Unwrap and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
4. If desired, dip the cooled cookies in melted chocolate and garnish with more crushed candy canes.
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Beautiful!! I am not a huge fan of peppermint, but I LOVE chocolate!
Blessings-
Amanda
These could definitely become a fave. Thanks for sharing them.
Those sound and look fabulous! I am definitely bookmarking these for holiday baking next year! They would be great for valentine's too!
My mom made something similar this year for Christmas. Instead of dipping them in chocolate, she had white chocolate chips mixed in. They were good.
What a perfect cookie to ring in the new year
Wishing you a happy new year and many more beautifully made and wonderfully photographed cakes and cookies in 2010!
Happy New Year.
~ingrid
It's beautiful! happy 2010!
Mmmm, these look SO good!! I'm definitely going to have to make these! Happy 2010!
-Amy
http://www.singforyoursupperblog.com
What a great use for all my leftover candy canes. Happy New Year!
Very pretty cookies. Happy New Year
Those are beautiful! I topped some cupcakes with peppermint and chocolate this winter, but that's nothing like dipping cookies. WOW!
Oh My!!!!! Those look yuuuummmmyyyy! I will most defenitly be baking those! Thanks for sharing.
Wow these look absolutely adorable! I actually don't like brownies whatsoever, but I would for sure try these. The presentation rocks!
These look heavenly! Now if only I had someone to share them with. Hubby does not like mint!
Beautiful! Peppermint is one of my favorite flavors… and with chocolate? I'm in heaven.
These look absolutely gorgeous Jamie!!!!
My 5 year old and I made these and they were a huge success – excellent cookies. We got rid of our leftover candy canes and use all the leftover white and chocolate almond bark too. Thanks for the great recipe!