Chocolate Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies
- Pepperminty chocolate cookie with a peppermint kiss in the middle! Original recipe from www.smalltownwoman.com
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 Tablespoons/ 1/2 Cup of Butter
- 1/2 Cup White Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Teaspoons Peppermint Extract
- 1 1/2 Cup Flour
- 2/3 Cups Dark Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- One Bag unwrapped Peppermint Kisses
Instructions
- In a mixer, cream together butter and both sugars until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
- Add in peppermint extract.
- Add Cocoa Powder.
- Add Salt, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, then flour, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
- Wrap dough in parchment paper or Saran Wrap and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
- Scoop chilled dough and roll into balls.
- Place on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for 10 minutes at 325*
- Leaving cookies on the baking sheet, press one peppermint kiss into each cookie.
- After a few minutes, remove carefully to parchment paper lined surface or cooling racks.
- Allow peppermint kisses to re-harden before serving.