Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are the perfect holiday treat! With a rich, fudgy center and a hint of peppermint, they’re a festive twist on a classic chocolate cookie.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Unsalted Butter
- 1 ½ cups Light Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 11/2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 ½ cup Cake Flour
- 1 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Peppermint Candy Baking Chips
- Peppermint Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Peppermint Flavoring
- 1 teaspoon Red Food Coloring
- ¼ cup Sugar
Instructions
- Make Cream Cheese Filling: In a medium bowl add the cream cheese, sugar, peppermint flavoring, and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
- Add Food Coloring And Candy Canes: Add the red food coloring to the cream cheese filling, mix to combine. Add the candy cane bits to the cream cheese mixture, mix to combine. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Prep Oven And Baking Sheets: Preheat the oven to 410°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Set aside.
- Prepare Wet Ingredients: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream butter and sugars on medium speed for 2-3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt and make the flour mixture. Measure out everything carefully using a measuring cup. Whisk well. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix to combine.
- Make Cookie Dough Balls: Use a large cookie scoop and scoop 3 oz dough balls. Make sure to have an even number of cookie dough balls. Place the balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Notes
Quality: Remember to use the best quality cocoa powder to make these cookies- the flavor will just really shine through. I would recommend using Dutch process cocoa powder to get the most flavorful chocolate peppermint cookies.
Candy Cane: If you don't have the crushed peppermint chips to coat the cookies, you can use crushed candy canes or crushed peppermint candies or even some Andes mints to coat the cookies.
Remember that the crushed candy cane pieces should be sized just enough-not too chunky and not too fine.
Chocolate Chips: A mixture of chocolate chips and crushed candy canes can also be a great addition to the chocolate cookie dough.
Flavor: I've used vanilla extract to add flavor to these cookies, but you can also choose to add some peppermint extract to get that nice peppermint flavor if you want to.
Butter: If you don't have unsalted butter, you can use salted butter too. Just skip adding the salt that you'll find in the ingredients list.
Sugar: If you don't have light brown sugar, you can just stick to using regular brown sugar or just plain granulated sugar if you want to.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 1214kcalCarbohydrates: 183gProtein: 17gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 29gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 161mgSodium: 470mgPotassium: 401mgFiber: 7gSugar: 88gVitamin A: 1504IUCalcium: 138mgIron: 6mg
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