Best Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then stir in vanilla and peppermint extracts. Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch cast iron skillet with vegan butter.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
• Combine white sugar, brown sugar, and softened vegan butter in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. Stir in almond milk. Fold in 1/2 of the chocolate chunks.
• Transfer 2/3 of the dough to the prepared skillet and press it evenly into the bottom. Lay marshmallow slices on top. Cover with remaining dough, flattening it evenly over the top. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chunks.
• Bake in the preheated oven for exactly 10 minutes.
• While the cookie is baking, combine powdered sugar and almond milk in a large mixing bowl. Whisk icing to a drizzling consistency.
• Remove cookie from the oven and cool slightly. Drizzle icing with a spoon over top of the cookie and top with crushed candy cane.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Shape into two 10-1/2-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight., Unwrap dough and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 9-11 minutes or until edges are set. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, butter, milk extract and if desired red food coloring; beat until smooth. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high spped for 1 minute. Reduce speed to medium-low, and add egg and then yolk, beating well after each addition. Beat in peppermint extract. Slowly add flour mixture, and beat until just incorporated. Shape dough into 2 disks, wrap each in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to 2 days).
• Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Using a 2 inch round cutter, cut out circles, and place 1 inch apart on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Roll and cut scraps onces. Freeze cookies until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disk.
• Bake until the cookies are dry to the touch, about 12 minutes. Transfer parchment, with cookies, to wire racks, and let cool.
• Sift crushed cany, and separate larger pieces from dust, reserving both. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of gently simmering water. Remove from heat. Dunk cookies into melted chocolate. Using a fork, turn to coat, let excess drip off, and gently scrape bottom agains edge of bowl. Place on parchment lined baking sheets, and sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of either candy pieces or dust on top. Repeat, sprinkling half of the cookies with dust and half with candy pieces. Refrigerate until set, up to 3 hours. Decorated cookies are best served the same day.

Steps:

• Put the butter and granulated sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and peppermint extract. Beat until just combined.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Pour half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture and beat on low speed until combined. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients until a dry dough comes together. Collect the dough and press into 2 mounds. Place each mound a third of the way down on a big piece of parchment paper. Fold the top third of parchment paper over the mound. Then use a ruler to push back on the mound while pulling the bottom of the parchment paper to shape it into a 1 1/2-inch log. Wrap both logs in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Remove the logs from the refrigerator and put onto a cutting board. Slice the logs into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Place on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake the cookies until the tops look dry, 8 to 9 minutes, rotating halfway through. Let the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 3 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Put the confectioners' sugar into a fine mesh strainer and sprinkle gently over the tops of the cookies before serving.

Steps:

• Using a double boiler melt the almond bark.
• Meanwhile, use a food processor to crush the candies or candy canes.* Place the crushed candy onto a plate or shallow bowl.
• Dip the top of each wafer cookie into the almond bark or white chocolate.
• Immediately dip the top of the cookie into the crushed candies.
• Place the cookie on a waxed paper lined baking sheet. Allow to set.
• Store in an air-tight container for several days.
• *If you do not have a food processor, place the candies in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.