Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies

Hello! Today I will be showing you how to make Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies!

These are great Christmas cookies for the holiday and easy to make. This recipe makes 1 dozen cookies.

I hope you enjoy and have a Merry Christmas!

• Medium sized mixing bowl
• Electric hand mixer
• Baking spatula
• Measuring cup and measuring spoons
• Baking tray
• Aluminum foil or parchment paper

• 1/2 cup of unsalted butter (softened)
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract
• 1 1/4 of unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup of coco powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 1/4 tsp of baking powder
• 1/3 cup of peppermint bark
• 1/3 cup of chocolate chips of your choice

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium mixing bowl mix butter and sugar together with a hand mixer.
• Continue mixing until the mixture begins to form into small chunks.

• Add the egg and peppermint extract into the bowl and mix!
• Continue to mix until the mixture becomes a paste as seen in the photo to the right.

• Next add flour, salt, coco powder, baking soda and baking powder into the bowl.
• Once again, continue mixing until the powders completely mix into the paste.

• Add in chocolate chips.
• Stir using a baking spatula until the chocolate chips are thoroughly mixed in.

• Cut the peppermint bark into small pieces and mix them into the cookie dough.
• (Optional) Save some of the peppermint bark to sprinkle on the cookies when you take them out of the oven.

• Next put the cookie dough in the freezer for 10 minutes.

• Form the dough into small balls (you can use a 1 tbsp do do this)
• Put the cookies on a baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Next put cookies in the oven for 10-12 minutes.
• The top will look a bit uncooked but if you let the cookies sit for a few minutes they will harden (If you are adding extra peppermint bark onto the cookies, make sure to do it before the cookies cool!)

• Ta-dah and there you have it Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies!
• Enjoy!