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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies ~ By Caroline

The cookie part and ingredients for these cookies are pretty much the same as our white chip chocolate cookies (http://foursistersff.blogspot.com/2015/12/chocolate-white-choc-chip-cookies-by.html) only with mint extract, mint icing and candy for topping.  They're very delicious and a super cute, festive dessert for Christmas time! :-) 

  
Ingredients For Cookies:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened to room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon mint extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cups cocoa powder
1tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups white chocolate chips

Icing and Candy Topping:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp mint extract
Crushed peppermint candies for dusting
 
Directions:
  1. Heat oven to 350 F.
  2. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until creamy.  Add eggs and flavors; beat until light and fluffy.  Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in white chips.  Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
  3. Bake 8-9 minutes.  (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft and puffy and will flatten slightly during cooling) Cool on a wire rack.
  4. Mix together icing ingredients in a medium bowl, and adjust milk/sugar if needed to reach the right consistency. (It should be pretty thick so that it doesn't run off the cookies at all)
  5. Sprinkle crushed mint candies on freshly iced cookies
Yields: About 4 dozen cookies



3 comments:

  1. Hello the four sisters from the Bowes Family. I am so glad to know you four sisters through your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also glad to stop by your blog post and though it has to do with the food items but yet it speaks of God word. I am blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you because of who you are in the Lord and the use of the Word of God in what ever you do which glorify God. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India and I love to get connected with the people of God around the world to be encouraged, strengthen and paying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 36yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to MUMBAI to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you four sisters along with your friends to come to Mumbai to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Wish you a very blessed and joyous Christmas season and a very bright, prosperous and Christ centered New year.

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