Peppermint Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Peppermint chocolate cookies are the quintessential winter cookie. Buttery, chewy chocolate cookies studded with white chocolate peppermint chips. They’re perfect for your cookie platters or as a snow day treat!
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons Unsalted Butter room temperature
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 large Egg
- 2 teaspoons Chocolate Extract
- 1 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch Processed Cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 1/3 cups Peppermint Baking Chunks
Instructions
- Beat the butter and both sugars until fluffy and light in color — about 4 minutes.
- Beat in the egg until well-combined, at least another 1-2 minutes. Then beat in the extracts.
- Add in the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix until just combined.
- Stir in a cup of the chocolate chunks.
- Create 1-tablespoon balls of cookie dough and then stick more chocolate chunks onto the balls of dough.
- Chill the balls for an hour.
- While the dough chills, preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Bake for 10- 12 minutes, or until the edges are set and the tops are puffy and not shiny/overly raw looking.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for at least 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 59mgSugar: 6g
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