Chocolate and Candy Cane Cookies
Deliciously minty-chocolate, these chocolate-candy cane cookies will become your new favorite Christmas treats!
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- Serves: 18 persons
Ingredients
- 2cups all-purpose flour
- ¾cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½teaspoon baking soda
- ½teaspoon salt
- 1cup packed brown sugar
- ¾cup margarine
- 2large eggs
- 1tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1tablespoon peppermint extract
- 1cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 4(1 ounce) squares white baking chocolate, melted
- 1small candy cane, crushed
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.Step 2
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.Step 3
Cream brown sugar and margarine in a bowl with an electric mixer until well blended. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and peppermint extract until light and creamy. Add dry ingredients and mix until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips.Step 4
Drop 1/4-cup scoops of dough onto the prepared sheets; cookies should be about 3 inches apart.Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are lightly toasted, 15 to 17 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheets briefly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.Step 6
Spread melted white chocolate to cover the top of each cookie. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over top. Let white chocolate cool completely before serving, 15 to 20 minutes.