Originally posted to our Facebook page 28th November 2013.
I love anything that is choc peppermint! Have you seen my Choc Peppermint Cheesecake or fudge?I even have a Peppermint Foot Scrub recipe.
Peppermint always reminds me of Christmas!
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Choc Peppermint Cookies
- Total Time: 25
- Yield: 24 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 220g butter, cubed
- 110g sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 350g plain flour
- 1 egg
- A few drops of peppermint essence or oil, or to taste
- 30g cocoa powder, more if you want a stronger taste and darker biscuit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Place butter into bowl.
- Slowly blitz to speed 4 until pale. Approximately 30 secs.
- Add vanilla and sugar.
- Blitz on speed 4 for 1 minute.
- Agg egg.
- Blitz on speed 4 for 30 seconds.
- Add flour, cocoa powder and essence. Blitz on speed 4 until a soft dough forms.
- Roll into small balls. Place onto tray spaced apart. Press down with a fork.
- You can roll out and cut shapes out. You may find you just need a little flour dusted on the bench and on the rolling pin (If your dough is sticky add more flour and knead by hand until you reach your desired texture).
- Bake until lightly golden. Approx 15 minutes.
- They will be slightly soft when pulled out of the oven but firm up on cooling. Let cool on a cake rack.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
