Description
Tired of eating candy-cane joe-joe cookies straight out of the box? Try them in this recipe! (note: this year i've also seen peppermint oreos, so you could use those if you don't have a trader joes near you). These delicious, fudge-y brownies are made with the popular candy-cane chocolate wafer cookie available at trader joe's during the holidays. Make these early in the day as they slice best when cooled completely.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Unsweetened Chocolate
- Sugar
- Salt
- Vanilla Extract
- Peppermint Extract
- Eggs
- All-purpose Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Peppermint Oreos
- Candy Cane
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350f
- Line a 913-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, and grease lightly
- In a medium-large saucepan over low heat, melt together butter and chocolate, stirring occasionally
- Stir in sugar, salt and vanilla & peppermint extracts
- Remove from heat
- Whisk in eggs one at a time, waiting until each is fully incorporated before adding the next
- Stir in flour and cocoa powder until mixture is uniform
- Stir in crushed cookies
- Spread batter into prepared pan
- If desired, crush 3-4 additional cookies finely and scatter on top of batter
- You can also crush 1 candy-cane and sprinkle it on top
- It will melt slightly but still be pretty and festive
- Bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, but not coated with batter
- Cool brownies in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes, then lift brownies in the foil out of the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing