Description
Fun and yummy cookies that will definitely bring a smile to your face! Although a little time consuming, these little hum dingers are worth it and are a great holiday treat! Again, i used an egg replacer in mine and they turned out just fine.
Ingredients
- Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa
- Granulated Sugar
- Light Brown Sugar
- Salt
- Baking Soda
- Unsalted Butter
- Egg
- Miniature Peppermint Patties
- White Chocolate
- Peppermint Candy
Instructions
- Using an electric mixer, beat the flour, cocoa powder, both sugars, salt and baking soda on low speed
- Beat in the butter, then the egg
- Turn out the dough onto a large piece of plastic wrap and flatten into a disk, then seal
- Refrigerate until firm – about 1 hour
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper
- Working with 1 tbsp of dough at a time, use your fingers to evenly encase each peppermint patty with the dough
- Place on the prepared pans and smooth the dough with your fingers
- Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until firm to the touch, about 15 minutes
- Remove the pans from the oven and let cool slightly
- Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool completely
- Meanwhile, in a double broiler, melt half of the white chocolate until smooth
- Using a large spoon, drizzle white chocolate over the cookies
- Sprinke immediately with the crushed peppermint candies
- Let set completely before serving or storing