Description
Scrumptious peppermint cookies deliver holiday cheer with classic chocolate chip goodness. Minty fresh notes and rich chocolate create perfect seasonal delights you’ll crave all winter long.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups (220 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (170 g) white chocolate chips
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup (50 g) peppermint pieces
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for optimal cookie performance.
- Candy Preparation: Pulverize peppermint candies into fine, delicate fragments to ensure even distribution and maximum flavor infusion.
- Butter Mixture: Cream softened butter and sugar using an electric mixer until the texture becomes light, fluffy, and pale, creating a smooth foundation for the cookies.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Whisk in the egg and vanilla extract, blending thoroughly to establish a cohesive, silky base for the cookie dough.
- Dry Ingredient Incorporation: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into the wet mixture, gently folding until a uniform, consistent dough emerges without overmixing.
- Chocolate Fusion: Fold white chocolate chips throughout the dough, ensuring an even distribution of sweet, creamy morsels in every bite.
- Shaping and Coating: Form uniform dough balls, then delicately roll the tops in crushed peppermint pieces, creating a festive and crunchy exterior.
- Baking Process: Arrange cookies on the prepared sheet, spacing them to allow for gentle spreading, and bake for 10-11 minutes until edges are set and centers remain slightly soft.
- Cooling Stage: Let cookies rest briefly on the baking sheet to stabilize their structure, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling and optimal texture development.
Notes
- Candy Crushing Technique: Chop peppermint candies into fine, consistent fragments to ensure even distribution and prevent large, hard chunks in cookies.
- Butter Mixing Magic: Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, which creates a lighter, more tender cookie texture and helps incorporate air into the dough.
- Chocolate Chip Distribution: Fold white chocolate chips gently to prevent overmixing, ensuring chips are evenly spread without breaking or deflating the dough.
- Cooling Critical Step: Let cookies rest briefly on baking sheet before transferring to wire rack, allowing them to set and prevent potential crumbling during movement.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 19
- Calories: 165
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg