Chocolate-Peppermint Cookies
- Level: Easy
- Yield: About 30 cookies
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 30 servings
- Calories
- 129
- Total Fat
- 8
- Saturated Fat
- 5
- Carbohydrates
- 15
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 9
- Protein
- 1
- Cholesterol
- 23
- Sodium
- 44
- Total: 2 hr 15 min
- Active: 50 min
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 sticks (14 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
For the Icing:
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Crushed peppermint candies, for topping
Directions
- Make the cookies: Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla and peppermint extracts, about 30 seconds. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the flour mixture until just combined. Pat the dough into a rectangle and place between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Roll out into an 8-by-13-inch rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut the dough into 1-by-2 1/2-inch rectangles. (If the dough is too soft, refrigerate 15 minutes.) Arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared pans.
- Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are set around the edges, 18 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pans, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
- Make the icing: Melt the chocolate with the heavy cream and butter in a medium heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of simmering water, stirring (do not let the bowl touch the water). Remove the bowl from the pan and let cool 5 minutes. Spread on the cookies. Sprinkle with peppermints.