Description
These fun festive cookies are perfect for Christmas. They are chocolatey with a peppermint flavor added, and a topping that mimicks those flavors too!
Ingredients
To Make The Dough:
1 cup + 2 tbsp of flour
1/3 cup of cocoa
2 1/3 tsp of cornstarch
1 1/4 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of salt
12 tbsp of butter
1 cup+1 tbsp of brown sugar
6 tbsp of sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp of mint extract
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla
3/4 cup of chocolate chips
For the Topping:
6 oz. of chocolate chips (or you can use chocolate melting candies too.
½ tsp canola oil
2–3 candy canes (crushed)
Instructions
1. Prepare all the ingredients.
2. Mix all of the dry ingredients in the big bowl.
3. Add the butter in the other small bowl and after that add the sugar, egg, vanilla, and mint extract.
4. Combine the dry and the wet mixtures, and mix well.
5. Add the chocolate chips and stir. Chill the dough in the fridge for about 1 hour.
6. Once the dough is chilled enough to easily hand, form your cookies and put them on a parchment-lined (or sprayed) cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-12 minutes.
7. Melt the drops. Dip half of the cookies in chocolate, after than sprinkle cookies with crushed candies.
